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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

New York 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?

$2,647

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,647 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $135 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$135$112 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$724 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $224 to $5,012Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $85 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $135

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
$138.04
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$309.03
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$371.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$724.44
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
14 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
$39.81
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.85
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$128.82
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$158.49
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$158.49
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$245.47

Where New York 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 York· 3rd of 51

$2,647

$135 physician + $2,512 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.