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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Missouri 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?

$1,327

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,327 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $955 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$372$316 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$955$380 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $155 to $4,898Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,259
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $955professional $372

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
$380.19
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$707.95
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
$102.33
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 16th of 51

$1,327

$372 physician + $955 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.