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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Alaska rates for HCPCS 12016

Closes a cut on the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip or the lining inside the mouth with stitches. It is the straightforward, one-layer kind of closure, used when the wound edges meet neatly and the deeper layers do not need separate repair. It covers a long cut rather than a small one.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound cost?

$1,195

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,195 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$468 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$479 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $229 to $7,079Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $646professional $550

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$549.54
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in New York than in Michigan. 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

Alaska· 8th of 51

$1,195

$550 physician + $646 facility

NY $2,740MI $382

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.