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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Illinois 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?

$741

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $741 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$240$186 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$339 to $1,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $174 to $2,344Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $240

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
$158.49
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$707.95
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
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
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 29th of 51

$741

$240 physician + $501 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.