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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Nevada 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?

$1,092

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,092 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$115$72.44 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$603 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,631Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $65 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $115

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
$123.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$251.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$239.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 14th of 51

$1,092

$115 physician + $977 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.