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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Louisiana 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?

$888

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $888 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$112$87.10 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$331 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,467Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $74 to $174
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $112

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
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$204.17

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 18th of 51

$888

$112 physician + $776 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.