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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

Tennessee 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?

$355

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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$309$219 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$813 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,981Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $182 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,622professional $309

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
$616.60
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$676.08
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$602.56

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 35th of 51

$355

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.