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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

Michigan 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?

$324

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $324 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $316 from a physician practice, and about $2,884 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 7 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$316$251 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,884$457 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $263 to $4,898Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $182 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $316

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
$263.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,071.52
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 45th of 51

$324

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.