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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

North Carolina 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?

$633

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $633 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $324 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$309$219 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$324$135 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $93 to $1,175Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $145 to $537
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $324professional $309

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
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$416.87
7 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
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$199.53

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 36th of 51

$633

$309 physician + $324 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.