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Single-Layer Stitch Repair of a Large Facial Wound

West Virginia 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 4 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$170$151 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$174 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,622Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $148 to $295
$200$500$1Kfacility $174professional $170

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
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19

Where West Virginia 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$170

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.