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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Iowa 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?

$3,341

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,341 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$251$200 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$977 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $339 to $6,761Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $251

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$416.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$912.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$933.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 15th of 49

$3,341

$251 physician + $3,090 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.