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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 July 2026.

How much does Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area cost?

$1,494

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,494 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$372$302 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$468 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $309 to $9,772Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $269 to $646
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,122professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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· 36th of 50

$1,494

$372 physician + $1,122 facility

CA $6,162WV $709

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.