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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Montana 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?

$532

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $269 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$263$151 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$269$263 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $240 to $309Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $148 to $776
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $263

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$524.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where Montana 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

Montana· 46th of 49

$532

$263 physician + $269 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.