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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Tennessee 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?

$855

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $855 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$224$151 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$389 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,188Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,862
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $224

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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
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
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$855

$224 physician + $631 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.