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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

New Jersey 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?

$814

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $814 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$138$89.13 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$251 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,898Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $62 to $309
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $676professional $138

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
$87.10
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$758.58
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
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
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.50

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 14th of 51

$814

$138 physician + $676 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.