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Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 12002

A cut or wound on the trunk, arms, legs, scalp, neck, or a similar area is cleaned and closed with a single layer of stitches. This version covers a wound that is a bit longer than the smallest size handled with this type of simple repair.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Stitched Repair, Small-Medium Wound cost?

$321

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $209 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$77.62 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$209$105 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $65 to $759Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $58 to $282
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $209professional $112

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$281.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$346.74
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in Colorado than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

West Virginia· 40th of 51

$321

$112 physician + $209 facility

CO $2,408ME $187

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.