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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

New Jersey 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 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$186$158 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,467 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $10,471Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $151 to $5,888
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $186

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$524.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$371.54

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 32nd of 51

$288

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.