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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Massachusetts 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?

$2,900

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,900 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$178 to $363
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,514 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $200 to $4,169Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $132 to $437
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $209

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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$660.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$478.63

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 20th of 49

$2,900

$209 physician + $2,692 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.