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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 July 2026.

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

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $363 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 7 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$295$214 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$363$295 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $363 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,570Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $174 to $692
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $363professional $295

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
$194.98
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$478.63
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,754.23
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$309

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.