Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 12015

Closes a straightforward cut on the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip, or the moist lining inside the mouth with a single layer of stitches. Only the skin or lining is involved, and the edges come together without any deeper repair. This covers a long wound, well beyond the few centimeters handled by the shorter repairs.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound cost?

$2,235

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,235 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

11% physician fee89% facility fee

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 54 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$240	$155 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$1,995	$407 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $162 to $7,943Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $100 to $501

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $162.18 Median $1,819.70 Typical High $7,943.28	Facility	Global	$162.18	$1,819.70	$7,943.28
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,621.81 Median $4,466.84 Typical High $10,471.29	Facility	Global	$1,621.81	$4,466.84	$10,471.29
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $112.20 Median $524.81 Typical High $1,659.59	Facility	Global	$112.20	$524.81	$1,659.59
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $173.78 Median $977.24 Typical High $3,311.31	Facility	Global	$173.78	$977.24	$3,311.31

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 10.4 times more in California than in Oregon. 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

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CA $5,579OR $537

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.