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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

Virginia 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?

$1,192

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,192 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $398 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$398$302 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$372 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $182 to $4,074Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $257 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $794professional $398

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
$446.68
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$549.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
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
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 22nd of 51

$1,192

$398 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.