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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Alaska rates for HCPCS 12017

Cleans and stitches a cut of the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip, or the lining of the mouth that goes no deeper than the skin. The edges are brought together in a single layer. This version applies to a long wound, or to several wounds whose lengths add up to a large total.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound cost?

$1,244

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$389 to $617
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$204 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $151 to $12,023Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $145 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $468

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
$512.86
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,096.48
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 20.0 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 33rd of 49

$1,244

$468 physician + $776 facility

NJ $6,058WV $303

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.