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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Alaska 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 October 2026.

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

$915

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $915 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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$437$331 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$245 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,512Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $182 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $479professional $437

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$457.09

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 11.6 times more in Hawaii 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

Alaska· 11th of 51

$915

$437 physician + $479 facility

HI $3,027MD $261

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.