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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Alabama rates for HCPCS 12052

This is a wound repair on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mucous membranes that requires closing more than just the top layer of skin, for a wound of moderate length. It is more involved than a simple skin closure and reflects the extra care needed to repair wounds in these visible, delicate areas.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature cost?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $661 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$257$191 to $302
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$490 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,585Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $170 to $380
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $257

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
$204.17
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alabama· 41st of 51

$295

AK $708DC $251

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.