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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 July 2026.

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

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $776 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$191$158 to $275
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$204 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,820Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $138 to $437
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $776professional $191

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
$309.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$251

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.