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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

New Jersey 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?

$6,058

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,058 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$170$138 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,467 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $10,471Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $132 to $5,888
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $170

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$446.68
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$239.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$331.13

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 1st of 49

$6,058

$170 physician + $5,888 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.