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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

Montana 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?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$295$234 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$295 to $316

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $257 to $355Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $174 to $871
$100$200$500facility $302professional $295

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$489.78

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 28th of 51

$302

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.