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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Kansas 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?

$950

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $950 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$174$148 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$219 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $129 to $1,738Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $100 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $174

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
$954.99
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
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
$63.10
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$22.91

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 9th of 51

$950

$174 physician + $776 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.