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Layered Wound Closure, Larger Area

West 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?

$894

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $427 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$427$331 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$132 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $100 to $1,660Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $269 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $468professional $427

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$446.68
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$891.25
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
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84

Where West 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

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$894

$427 physician + $468 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.