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Simple Wound Stitching, Medium Length

Oregon 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?

$429

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $429 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$120 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$178 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,096Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $76 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $178

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
$169.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$338.84
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$338.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$323.59

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 42nd of 51

$429

$178 physician + $251 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.