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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Ohio 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?

$602

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $602 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$148 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$138 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $100 to $3,715Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $100 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $407professional $195

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
$154.88
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
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
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 22nd of 51

$602

$195 physician + $407 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.