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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Nebraska 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?

$4,616

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,616 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $251 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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$251$178 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,820 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $525 to $13,490Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $135 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $251

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$467.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 4th of 49

$4,616

$251 physician + $4,365 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.