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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Pennsylvania 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?

$3,964

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,964 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$162$135 to $209
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$1,585 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,318Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $135 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $162

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
$954.99
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$776.25
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$2,630.27
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$467.74
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,951.21
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 9th of 49

$3,964

$162 physician + $3,802 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.