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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

New Jersey 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?

$1,464

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,464 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$245 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$550 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,754Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $195 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $316

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
$245.47
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$776.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,019.95
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$562.34
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
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$263.03

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$1,464

$316 physician + $1,148 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.