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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Indiana 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?

$1,028

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,028 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$269$186 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$355 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $224 to $4,898Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $123 to $417
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $269

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
$104.71
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13
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
$52.48
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 13th of 51

$1,028

$269 physician + $759 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.