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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Rhode Island 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?

$1,019

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $603 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$295 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$603$151 to $1,549

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,890Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $257 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $603professional $417

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$776.25
3 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
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 35th of 51

$1,019

$417 physician + $603 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.