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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Colorado 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?

$2,759

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,759 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$355 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$759 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,370Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $295 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $468

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
$446.68
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$645.65
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
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
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$2,759

$468 physician + $2,291 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.