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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 July 2026.

How much does Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area cost?

$3,464

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$513$380 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$813 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,761Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $513

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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· 12th of 50

$3,464

$513 physician + $2,951 facility

CA $6,162WV $709

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.