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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

South 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?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $813 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$490$324 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$468 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,188Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $195 to $851
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $490

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
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$891.25
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$891.25

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 6th of 51

$501

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.