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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Indiana 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?

$2,212

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,212 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$123$81.28 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$316 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $123 to $6,761Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $63 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$89.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$2,212

$123 physician + $2,089 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.