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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Massachusetts 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?

$423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $178 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$245$148 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$178$115 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $83 to $2,188Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $110 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $178professional $245

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
$128.82
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$457.09
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,819.70
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$407.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$478.63
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
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
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$45.71

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 34th of 51

$423

$245 physician + $178 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.