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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

Kansas 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 October 2026.

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

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $776 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$288 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$407 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,236Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $219 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $776professional $372

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
$660.69
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
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
$93.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Kansas· 12th of 51

$437

AK $871KY $257

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.