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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Kentucky 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?

$324

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $158 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$107 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$158$100 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $81 to $1,778Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $91 to $324
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $158professional $166

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
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$295.12
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$16.22

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 48th of 51

$324

$166 physician + $158 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.