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Simple Stitched Repair, Face Area, Small-Medium

Minnesota 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?

$554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $363 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$191$117 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$363$257 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $115 to $891Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $89 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $363professional $191

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
$52.48
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$660.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$354.81

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 28th of 51

$554

$191 physician + $363 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.