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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Delaware 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?

$310

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $310 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $148 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$162$112 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$148$93.33 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,698Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $81 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $148professional $162

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
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$281.84

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 49th of 51

$310

$162 physician + $148 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.