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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

Virginia 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 July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound cost?

$389

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $219 to $3,236.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $145 to $6,918Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $245 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $389professional $316

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$416.87
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 32.4 times more in New Jersey than in Delaware. 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.

Virginia· 40th of 49

$389

NJ $5,888DE $182

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.