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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Iowa 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?

$1,558

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,558 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $912 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$646$501 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$912$603 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $912 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,090Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,202
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $912professional $646

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
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
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
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 9th of 51

$1,558

$646 physician + $912 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.