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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Oklahoma 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?

$1,937

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,937 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$158$151 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,148 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $562 to $4,677Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $138 to $331
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $158

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 27th of 49

$1,937

$158 physician + $1,778 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.