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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Arizona 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?

$1,943

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,943 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$123$79.43 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$417 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $170 to $4,786Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $68 to $407
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $123

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
$281.84
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 8th of 51

$1,943

$123 physician + $1,820 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.