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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Minnesota 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?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $537 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$537$339 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$631 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,455Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,047
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0Kfacility $955professional $537

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
$190.55
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$954.99

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $550 · 3rd of 51
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.