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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

Louisiana 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?

$398

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 5 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$209$178 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$575 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,715Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $170 to $282
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $209

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
$575.44
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$223.87
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$380.19

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 13th of 51

$398

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.