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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

North Dakota 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?

$406

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $406 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $166 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$178 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$166$126 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $93 to $282Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $158 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $166professional $240

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
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$165.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23
4 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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$16.60

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 39th of 51

$406

$240 physician + $166 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.