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Simple Stitched Repair, Face Area, Small-Medium

Colorado 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?

$1,242

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,242 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$120$70.79 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$331 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $135 to $5,888Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $58 to $229
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,122professional $120

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
$645.65
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$524.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 7th of 51

$1,242

$120 physician + $1,122 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.