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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

New Mexico 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?

$1,133

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,133 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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$457$339 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$316 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,698Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $269 to $708
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $457

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
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$616.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
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
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 26th of 51

$1,133

$457 physician + $676 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.