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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Kansas 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?

$812

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $812 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $692 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$120$97.72 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$692$269 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $123 to $6,457Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $66 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $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
$131.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 22nd of 51

$812

$120 physician + $692 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.