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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Florida 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?

$264

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $264 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $129 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$87.10 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$129$66.07 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $39 to $3,548Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $74 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $129professional $135

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
$199.53
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$208.93
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$3,019.95
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
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
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$20.42

Where Florida 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

Florida· 50th of 51

$264

$135 physician + $129 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.