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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Kentucky 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?

$1,264

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,264 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$331$263 to $407
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$417 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $240 to $3,802Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $229 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $933professional $331

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
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,290.87
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$281.84

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 18th of 51

$1,264

$331 physician + $933 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.