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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Missouri 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?

$2,251

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,251 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$209$148 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,096 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,248Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $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
$1,071.52
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$346.74

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 25th of 49

$2,251

$209 physician + $2,042 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.