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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Arizona 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?

$1,079

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,079 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$372$269 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$407 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $234 to $3,388Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $372

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$501.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
7 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
$123.03
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 30th of 51

$1,079

$372 physician + $708 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.