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Simple Stitching Of A Long Facial Wound

West 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?

$614

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $363 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$195 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$363$132 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,622Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $129 to $562
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $363professional $251

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$676.08
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
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.89

Where West 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

West Virginia· 38th of 51

$614

$251 physician + $363 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.