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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Florida 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?

$439

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $439 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $269 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$170$117 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$269$75.86 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $41 to $4,266Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $100 to $309
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $269professional $170

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
$478.63
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$3,981.07
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$316.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$316.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
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
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$24.55

Where Florida 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

Florida· 49th of 51

$439

$170 physician + $269 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.