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Simple Stitched Repair, Face Area, Small-Medium

Iowa 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?

$429

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, 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$115 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$151 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $102 to $6,026Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $66 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $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
$102.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$588.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$588.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$295.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 42nd of 51

$429

$178 physician + $251 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.