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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Nebraska 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?

$838

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $838 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$162$120 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$263 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $145 to $8,511Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $72 to $447
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $676professional $162

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
$144.54
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,071.52
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 21st of 51

$838

$162 physician + $676 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.