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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

South Dakota 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?

$388

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $388 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $148 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$240$182 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$148$126 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $107 to $355Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $145 to $468
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $148professional $240

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
$93.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$177.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$478.63
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
$37.15
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 41st of 51

$388

$240 physician + $148 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.