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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Georgia 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?

$827

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $827 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $575 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$178 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$269 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $123 to $3,388Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $148 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $251

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
$190.55
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
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
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.91

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$827

$251 physician + $575 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.