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Simple Stitched Repair, Face Area, Small-Medium

Louisiana 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?

$522

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $522 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$105$72.44 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$162 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $76 to $3,467Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $62 to $158
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $417professional $105

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
$74.13
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 51

$522

$105 physician + $417 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.