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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Maryland 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?

$135

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $89.13 to $178.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $56 to $617Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $81 to $251
$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $141

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$177.83
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74
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
$45.71
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$17.78

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$135

AK $437FL $132

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.