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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

Michigan 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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$209$170 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$1,380 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $209 to $4,898Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $151 to $269
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $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
$208.93
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$676.08
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$389.05

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 40th of 51

$219

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.