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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Louisiana 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?

$497

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $497 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $288 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$209$148 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$288$155 to $646

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $288 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,202Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $132 to $316
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $288professional $209

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
$263.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
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
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.30

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 45th of 51

$497

$209 physician + $288 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.