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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Ohio 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?

$862

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $862 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$191 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$251 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,365Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $135 to $437
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $617professional $245

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
$707.95
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
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
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$20.42

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 17th of 51

$862

$245 physician + $617 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.