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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Missouri 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?

$1,301

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,301 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$126$97.72 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$295 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $112 to $4,266Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $71 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $126

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
$93.33
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 13th of 51

$1,301

$126 physician + $1,175 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.