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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Maryland 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?

$740

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $740 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$324$263 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$148 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $85 to $692Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $224 to $646
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $324

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
$354.81
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$776.25
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$316.23

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 51st of 51

$740

$324 physician + $417 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.