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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

Minnesota 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?

$661

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $661 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $646 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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$646$407 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$813 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,020Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $646

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
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,090.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$661

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.