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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Missouri 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?

$1,146

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,146 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$182 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$288 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,898Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $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
$194.98
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$389.05
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
$46.77
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.50

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 10th of 51

$1,146

$234 physician + $912 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.