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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 July 2026.

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

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $891 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 6 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$288$224 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$447 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,467Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $195 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $288

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
$323.59
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$389.05
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$347

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.