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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Michigan 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?

$3,070

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,070 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$186$155 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,380 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,898Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $132 to $240
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $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
$186.21
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 19th of 49

$3,070

$186 physician + $2,884 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.