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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 12044

A wound on the neck, hand, foot, or genital area is closed in layers, with the deeper tissue stitched separately from the skin surface, providing a stronger closure than a single-layer repair for a wound that is gaping or deep. This version applies to a wound in the longer range of sizes handled this way in that group of body areas.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $813 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$309$234 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$407 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,820Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $191 to $407
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $309

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
$245.47
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska 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.

Arkansas· 40th of 51

$347

AK $871WV $295

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.