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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Georgia 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?

$3,088

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,088 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$204$148 to $324
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,514 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,079Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $132 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $204

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
$446.68
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$426.58

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 17th of 49

$3,088

$204 physician + $2,884 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.