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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

New Hampshire 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?

$715

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $715 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$214$132 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$219 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,630Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $102 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $214

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
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
$44.67
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 17th of 51

$715

$214 physician + $501 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.