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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Nevada 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?

$2,390

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,390 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $151 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$151$135 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,202 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $145 to $4,786Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $129 to $501
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $151

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
$144.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$389.05
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$257.04
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 23rd of 49

$2,390

$151 physician + $2,239 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.