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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Idaho 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?

$390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $204 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$148 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$204$148 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $129 to $603Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $132 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $186

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
$169.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$194.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$660.69
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
13 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
$72.44
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$52.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$28.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 40th of 51

$390

$186 physician + $204 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.