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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

South Carolina 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?

$829

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $829 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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$204 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$282 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,202Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $126 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $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
$141.25
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$363.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
6 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
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$23.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 21st of 51

$829

$240 physician + $589 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.