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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

Alaska rates for HCPCS 12018

Closure of a cut on the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip, or the lining inside the mouth using a single layer of stitches. It applies when the wound is very long, or when several such wounds are added together to reach a large total length.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $871 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$389 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$229 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $170 to $12,023Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $162 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $490

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
$588.84
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 24.0 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$490

CA $3,981DE $166

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.