go back

Simple Stitched Repair, Face Area, Small-Medium

Alabama rates for HCPCS 12013

A cut or wound on the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip, or inside the mouth is cleaned and closed with a single layer of stitches. This version covers a wound a bit longer than the smallest size handled this way in these cosmetically sensitive areas.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitched Repair, Face Area, Small-Medium cost?

$404

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $404 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $102 to the doctor who performs it, and $302 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$102$56.23 to $115
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$302$110 to $513

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $55 to $1,122Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $50 to $158
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $302professional $102

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
$54.95
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$60.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 20.8 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

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$404

$102 physician + $302 facility

CA $5,049MD $243

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.