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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound cost?

$1,514

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $162 to $2,884.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $141 to $3,715
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,514

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$28,840.32
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$28,840.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 32.4 times more in New Jersey than in Delaware. 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 49

$1,514

NJ $5,888DE $182

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.