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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Kentucky 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$229$186 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$186 to $417

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $110 to $1,380Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $166 to $363
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $257professional $229

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
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$295.12
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,513.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 50th of 51

$229

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.