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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Louisiana 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?

$1,504

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,504 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$166 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$646 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $363 to $3,715Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $151 to $251
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $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
$575.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$323.59

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 49

$1,504

$186 physician + $1,318 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.