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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Kentucky 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?

$2,461

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,461 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$141 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,549 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $724 to $4,365Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $132 to $525
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $170

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
$147.91
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$524.81
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$338.84

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 22nd of 49

$2,461

$170 physician + $2,291 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.