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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

New Mexico 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?

$666

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $666 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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$240$174 to $309
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$251 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,413Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $372
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $427professional $240

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
$123.03
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
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
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$26.30

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 33rd of 51

$666

$240 physician + $427 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.