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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 October 2026.

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

$562

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $245 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$195 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$245$145 to $575

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $126 to $2,399Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $148 to $794
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $245professional $316

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
$691.83
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$562.34
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$537.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$467.74
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,818.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$741.31
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$602.56
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
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
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$56.23

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 40th of 51

$562

$316 physician + $245 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.