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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

South Carolina 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?

$472

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $472 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $191 to the doctor who performs it, and $282 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$191$162 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$282$138 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,585Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $93 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $282professional $191

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
$102.33
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$302.00
6 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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$18.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 29th of 51

$472

$191 physician + $282 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.