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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Delaware 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?

$440

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $440 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $245 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$132 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$245$112 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $87 to $1,698Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $112 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $245professional $195

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
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$440

$195 physician + $245 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.