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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Iowa 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?

$914

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $914 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$339$245 to $501
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$575$389 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $269 to $3,090Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $191 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $575professional $339

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
$331.13
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$602.56
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,096.48
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$575.44
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
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
$57.54
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$33.11

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 16th of 51

$914

$339 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.