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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $182 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$182 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$105 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $100 to $724Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $158 to $372
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $182professional $229

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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.

Arkansas· 47th of 51

$182

AK $692MD $170

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.