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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

North Dakota 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 5 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$479$372 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$214 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,512Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $214 to $851
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $380professional $479

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
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 11th of 51

$468

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.