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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Alaska rates for HCPCS 12004

Basic stitched closure of a cut or wound on the scalp, neck, trunk, arms, legs, or genital area that goes through the outer layers of skin but doesn't involve deeper tissue repair. This covers a wound whose total length falls in a medium range, roughly 3 to 5 inches.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length cost?

$884

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $884 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$182 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$191 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $98 to $2,512Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $98 to $575
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$5,888.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$630.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$512.86
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$501.19

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 22.1 times more in California than in Maryland. 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

Alaska· 19th of 51

$884

$309 physician + $575 facility

CA $5,160MD $234

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.