go back

Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Colorado 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?

$3,463

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$151$145 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,570 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $813 to $7,586Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $132 to $324
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $151

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$204.17
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$371.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 13th of 49

$3,463

$151 physician + $3,311 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.