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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Georgia 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?

$1,039

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$437$355 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$417 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $126 to $3,388Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $282 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $437

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
$380.19
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,630.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$316.23

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 32nd of 51

$1,039

$437 physician + $603 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.