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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Missouri 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 Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $676 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$269$219 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$214 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $115 to $3,715Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $191 to $724
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $269

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
$234.42
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$269.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$512.86
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
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 35th 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.