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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Minnesota 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?

$920

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $920 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 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$331$263 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$398 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,479Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $195 to $562
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $331

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
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$562.34

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 35th of 49

$920

$331 physician + $589 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.