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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Louisiana 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?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $282 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$282$224 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$170 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,202Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $195 to $389
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $257professional $282

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
$288.40
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
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
$107.15
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 37th of 51

$282

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.