go back

Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Alabama 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?

$517

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $517 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$110$69.18 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$263 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,318Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $62 to $148
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $110

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
$100.00
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 36th of 51

$517

$110 physician + $407 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.