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Layered Wound Closure, Face/Nose/Lips, Mid-Range Size

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 12054

This is a layered surgical repair of a cut or wound on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or inside the mouth, closing both the deeper tissue and the skin surface for a longer wound in this area. Compared to simple stitching, a layered closure also brings together the tissue beneath the skin, which supports better healing and a finer scar in a visible area. It is typically used after a traumatic injury or removal of a growth that leaves a sizable wound.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Layered Wound Closure, Face/Nose/Lips, Mid-Range Size cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $977 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$200 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$977$398 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $263 to $5,754Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $148 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $269

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
$199.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$549.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$645.65
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
$213.80
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
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
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
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
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 3.5 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· 46th of 51

$302

AK $891MD $257

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.