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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

Oklahoma 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$363$269 to $490
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$398 to $1,175

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,738Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $363

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
$489.78
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$446.68
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
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
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma· 11th of 51

$447

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.