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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Tennessee 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?

$1,982

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,982 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $162 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$162$132 to $224
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$813 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,074Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $123 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $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
$616.60
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$407.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$338.84

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 26th of 49

$1,982

$162 physician + $1,820 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.