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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

New York 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?

$2,740

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,740 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$145 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$851 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $355 to $5,248Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $110 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $170

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
$199.53
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$398.11
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$501.19
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$524.81
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,365.16
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,047.13
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
14 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
$54.95
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$165.96
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$67.61
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12

Where New York 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 York· 1st of 51

$2,740

$170 physician + $2,570 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.