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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Georgia 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?

$1,910

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,910 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$132$93.33 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$427 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $148 to $5,370Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $69 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $132

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
$114.82
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 9th of 51

$1,910

$132 physician + $1,778 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.