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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

South Dakota 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?

$670

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $670 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$263$151 to $331
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$204 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $151 to $4,365Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $123 to $417
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $407professional $263

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$2,398.83
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 42nd of 49

$670

$263 physician + $407 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.