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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 July 2026.

How much does Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area cost?

$1,686

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,686 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$398$324 to $479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$661 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,715Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $275 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $398

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
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$630.96

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 34th of 50

$1,686

$398 physician + $1,288 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.