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Simple Stitching of a Long Facial Wound

Utah 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?

$3,562

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,562 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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$174$135 to $229
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$2,455 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,898Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $132 to $295
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $174

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
$181.97
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$309.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$269.15
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40

Where Utah 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

Utah· 11th of 49

$3,562

$174 physician + $3,388 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.