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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

North Carolina 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?

$925

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $925 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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$447$347 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$251 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,318Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $275 to $851
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $479professional $447

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
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$933.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$758.58
8 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
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$467.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 44th of 51

$925

$447 physician + $479 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.