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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

New Mexico 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?

$696

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$195$148 to $275
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$257 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,089Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $145 to $776
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $195

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
$251.19
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 41st of 49

$696

$195 physician + $501 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.