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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

South 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?

$1,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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$389$302 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$575 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,622Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $257 to $589
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $389

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
$302.00
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$630.96
7 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
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03

Where South 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

South Carolina· 23rd of 51

$1,183

$389 physician + $794 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.