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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Arkansas 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?

$352

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $352 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $182 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$115 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$182$105 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $95 to $631Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $93 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $182professional $170

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$17.78

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 45th of 51

$352

$170 physician + $182 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.