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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Maine 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $339 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$309$245 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$339$240 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $162 to $692Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $191 to $550
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $309

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$602.56
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$602.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 23rd of 51

$309

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.