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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Illinois 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?

$470

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $470 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$145 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$191 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $145 to $2,042Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $105 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $288professional $182

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
$138.04
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$239.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
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
$41.69
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.22

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 30th of 51

$470

$182 physician + $288 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.