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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 October 2026.

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

$807

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $807 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$138 to $251
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$229 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $145 to $4,074Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $120 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $603professional $204

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
$213.80
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05
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
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$22.91

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 23rd of 51

$807

$204 physician + $603 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.