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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Utah 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?

$1,402

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,402 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$288 to $437
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$417 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $282 to $4,571Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $31 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $355

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
$281.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$537.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
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
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12

Where Utah 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

Utah· 15th of 51

$1,402

$355 physician + $1,047 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.