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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

Maryland 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?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$257$195 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$148 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $85 to $692Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $170 to $501
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $417professional $257

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
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$630.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
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
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$281.84

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 48th of 51

$288

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.