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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Colorado 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $331 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$331$257 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$457 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $257 to $5,129Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $214 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $331

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
$263.03
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
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
$102.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 11th of 51

$380

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.