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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Minnesota 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?

$1,500

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,500 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$759$513 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$380 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,188Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $741professional $759

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
$269.15
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$1,500

$759 physician + $741 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.