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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

South Dakota 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?

$540

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $540 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $224 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$245 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$224$126 to $309

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $126 to $550Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $182 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $224professional $316

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
$125.89
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$616.60
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
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 42nd of 51

$540

$316 physician + $224 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.