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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Florida 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?

$3,477

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,477 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 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$166$135 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,585 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $741 to $10,715Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $126 to $468
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $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
$776.25
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$776.25
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$288.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$331.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78

Where Florida 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

Florida· 12th of 49

$3,477

$166 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.