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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Colorado 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?

$1,634

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$120$72.44 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$479 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $135 to $6,457Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $68 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $120

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
$134.90
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$257.04
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 10th of 51

$1,634

$120 physician + $1,514 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.