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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

New Mexico 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 New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$234$166 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$288 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,089Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $166 to $871
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $490professional $234

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
$281.84
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$257.04
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 29th 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.