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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

New Jersey 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $234 from a physician practice, and about $891 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$234$178 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$891$347 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $234 to $9,333Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $141 to $447
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $891professional $234

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
$177.83
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$363.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$467.74
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$21,379.62
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,513.56
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$398.11
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
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 44th of 51

$257

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.