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Packing of a Reopened Surface Wound

Alabama rates for HCPCS 12021

This treats a surgical wound near the skin surface that has reopened after the original closure, by packing the wound with dressing material instead of re-closing it with stitches. Packing allows the wound to heal gradually from the inside out and helps prevent infection from taking hold in the space. The dressing is typically changed regularly until the wound has closed on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Packing of a Reopened Surface Wound cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 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 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$151$132 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$562 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,585Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $120 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $692professional $151

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
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in California than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 41st of 51

$166

CA $562DC $145

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.