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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Kansas 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?

$1,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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$234$191 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$372 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $257 to $3,236Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $138 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $234

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
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
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$29.51

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 14th of 51

$1,011

$234 physician + $776 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.