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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 July 2026.

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

$316

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $316 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $309 from a physician practice, and about $427 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 6 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$309$234 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$295 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,122Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $174 to $661
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $427professional $309

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
$234.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 36th of 51

$316

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.