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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Tennessee 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?

$1,072

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$427$309 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$437 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $204 to $2,188Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $269 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $427

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
$346.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$676.08
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
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 31st of 51

$1,072

$427 physician + $646 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.