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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Minnesota 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?

$637

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $637 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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$282$178 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$166 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $85 to $759Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $145 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $355professional $282

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
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$588.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
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
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 21st of 51

$637

$282 physician + $355 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.