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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Oklahoma 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?

$962

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $962 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$186$129 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$240 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,738Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $100 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $186

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
$173.78
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$251.19
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
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$17.38

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 8th of 51

$962

$186 physician + $776 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.