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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

Mississippi 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $550 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$224$151 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$295 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,479Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $151 to $380
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $550professional $224

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
$151.36
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$489.78

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 36th of 51

$257

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.