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Layered Stitching Of A Longer Wound, Neck Or Hand

Virginia 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?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$324$229 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$331 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $178 to $3,802Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $195 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $562professional $324

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
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$549.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,454.71
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$549.54
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
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$347

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.