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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Arizona 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?

$416

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $416 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $257 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$158$97.72 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$257$135 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,455Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $81 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $158

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
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
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.79

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 36th of 51

$416

$158 physician + $257 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.