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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

New Mexico 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?

$331

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $331 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $324 from a physician practice, and about $389 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$324$234 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$245 to $603

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,000Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $186 to $513
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $324

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
$549.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$537.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$524.81
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
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 19th of 51

$331

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.