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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Nevada 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?

$1,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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$162$107 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$145 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $110 to $3,981Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $91 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $162

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
$162.18
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$263.03
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$316.23
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
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
$69.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$16.98

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 7th of 51

$1,209

$162 physician + $1,047 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.