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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Arizona 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?

$2,510

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,510 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$132 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$891 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $263 to $6,761Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $129 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,344professional $166

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
$1,905.46
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 21st of 49

$2,510

$166 physician + $2,344 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.