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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Arkansas 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?

$366

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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$115$81.28 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$182 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,820Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $65 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $251professional $115

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
$128.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$208.93

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 47th of 51

$366

$115 physician + $251 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.