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Multi-Layer Wound Closure, Face Or Facial Feature

Tennessee 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?

$339

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $339 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $617 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$302$229 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$617$302 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $132 to $2,138Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,291
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $302

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
$602.56
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$501.19
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
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
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 18th of 51

$339

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.