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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

North Dakota 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?

$400

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $400 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $234 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$123 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$234$126 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $72 to $631Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $72 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $234professional $166

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
$72.44
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 45th of 51

$400

$166 physician + $234 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.