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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Minnesota 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?

$636

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $636 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$219$148 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$257 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,023Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $110 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $219

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
$67.61
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$549.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 30th of 51

$636

$219 physician + $417 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.