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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Michigan 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?

$382

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $382 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $158 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$224$162 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$158$132 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $120 to $661Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $141 to $316
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $158professional $224

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
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$26.30
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$128.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$51.29
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$194.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$25.70
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 51st of 51

$382

$224 physician + $158 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.