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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

North Carolina 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $692 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$251$170 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$240 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $170 to $7,244Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $158 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $251

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
$169.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$537.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$436.52
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 33rd of 51

$275

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.