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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Montana 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?

$361

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $361 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $195 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$135 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$195$155 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $151 to $389Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $93 to $282
$100$200$500facility $195professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$501.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03

Where Montana 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

Montana· 44th of 51

$361

$166 physician + $195 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.