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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Florida 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?

$770

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $770 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $447 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$324$251 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$447$200 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $120 to $4,467Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $204 to $550
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $447professional $324

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
$478.63
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$9,549.93
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$4,466.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$549.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
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
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59

Where Florida 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

Florida· 50th of 51

$770

$324 physician + $447 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.