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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Maryland 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?

$138

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $83.18 to $200.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $42 to $170Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $72 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $95professional $138

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
$41.69
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$371.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$269.15

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in California than in Washington, DC. 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$138

CA $479DC $110

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.