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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Louisiana 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?

$1,010

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,010 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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$407$316 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$389 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,660Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $282 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $603professional $407

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
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
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
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$1,010

$407 physician + $603 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.