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Simple Wound Closure, Larger Area

Michigan rates for HCPCS 12005

This is a straightforward stitched closure of a longer surface wound on the scalp, neck, trunk, arms, or legs, involving only the skin's outer layers without deeper tissue repair. It applies to wounds too long for the smallest simple closures but not requiring the more extensive layered repair used for larger or more complex injuries.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Wound Closure, Larger Area cost?

$433

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $433 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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$151$115 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$191 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $120 to $4,898Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $83 to $275
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $282professional $151

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
$120.23
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$436.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 19.4 times more in California than in Delaware. 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

Michigan· 47th of 51

$433

$151 physician + $282 facility

CA $5,677DE $293

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.