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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Virginia 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?

$589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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$162$102 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$170 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,802Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $87 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $427professional $162

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
$131.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03
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
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.20

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$589

$162 physician + $427 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.