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Layered Stitch Repair of a Cut

Montana rates for HCPCS 12045

Closes a cut on the neck, hand, foot or genital area using more than one layer of stitches, because the wound reaches below the skin surface or needs thorough cleaning of debris before it can be closed. The length of the wound determines which repair applies.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Layered Stitch Repair of a Cut cost?

$961

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $961 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $525 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$389 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$525$457 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $372 to $813Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $275 to $661
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $525professional $437

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$660.69
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in New York than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 39th of 51

$961

$437 physician + $525 facility

NY $3,015MD $712

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.