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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Missouri 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?

$847

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $847 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$186$135 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$162 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,890Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $100 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $186

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
$154.88
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$309.03
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
$34.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 12th of 51

$847

$186 physician + $661 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.