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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Arkansas 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?

$1,002

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,002 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$170$141 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$380 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,820Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $123 to $363
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $832professional $170

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$331.13

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 34th of 49

$1,002

$170 physician + $832 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.