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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Utah 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?

$585

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $585 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$135 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$186 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $120 to $4,467Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $105 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $178

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
$120.23
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$588.84
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$131.83
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
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
$46.77
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$18.62

Where Utah 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

Utah· 24th of 51

$585

$178 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.