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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

Alabama 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $589 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 4 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$166$151 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$589$316 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,660Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $148 to $302
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 51

$209

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.