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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Indiana 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?

$2,493

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$355$282 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$631 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $417 to $5,248Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $240 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $355

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
$229.09
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,165.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$630.96
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
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 4th of 51

$2,493

$355 physician + $2,138 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.