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Simple Stitched Repair, Face Area, Small-Medium

Massachusetts 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?

$472

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $472 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $331 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$141$81.28 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$331$83.18 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $65 to $3,388Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $58 to $380
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $331professional $141

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
$91.20
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$389.05
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$309.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$363.08
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$3,890.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 36th of 51

$472

$141 physician + $331 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.