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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Kansas 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?

$1,985

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$372 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$427 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $316 to $3,388Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $295 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $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
$660.69
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$616.60
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
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 7th of 51

$1,985

$437 physician + $1,549 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.