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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, 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$229 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$191 to $372

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $107 to $741Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $191 to $617
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $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
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$549.54
8 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
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 39th 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.