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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

New Mexico 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?

$537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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$182$132 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$200 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $138 to $871Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $102 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $355professional $182

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
$91.20
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$245.47
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$316.23
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
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.42

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 26th of 51

$537

$182 physician + $355 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.