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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 12036

This is a wound closure that repairs a longer wound in layers, stitching the deeper tissue as well as the skin surface, on the scalp, trunk, arms, or legs. It is used for a larger wound than the smaller layered-closure options, but is not the most extensive size category.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area cost?

$1,006

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,006 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $589 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$309 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$589$324 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $105 to $912Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $257 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $589professional $417

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$691.83
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in New York than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Arkansas· 38th of 51

$1,006

$417 physician + $589 facility

NY $3,010MD $740

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.