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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

Minnesota 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 Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $398 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $575 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$380$295 to $525
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$437 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,479Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $214 to $631
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $380

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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 14th 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.