go back

Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

North Dakota 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?

$537

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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$324$245 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$126 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $126 to $372Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $214 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $214professional $324

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
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$21.38

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 43rd of 51

$537

$324 physician + $214 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.