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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Kansas 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?

$3,348

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,348 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$186$138 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,445 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $295 to $8,128Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $132 to $355
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $186

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
$1,819.70
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 14th of 49

$3,348

$186 physician + $3,162 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.