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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Oklahoma 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?

$1,061

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,061 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$229$170 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$309 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,995Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $832professional $229

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
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$323.59
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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 12th of 51

$1,061

$229 physician + $832 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.