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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

South Carolina 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?

$783

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $783 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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$166$151 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$275 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $166 to $16,596Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $151 to $309
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $617professional $166

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
$165.96
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$426.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$380.19

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 39th of 49

$783

$166 physician + $617 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.