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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Arkansas 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 October 2026.

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

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$224 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$195 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $100 to $692Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $195 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $380professional $295

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
$223.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$436.52
8 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
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$426.58
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$489.78

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska 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.

Arkansas· 26th of 51

$302

AK $813MD $219

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.