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Layered Repair Of A Longer Facial Or Lip Wound

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 12055

Closure of a wound on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or inside the mouth that goes deeper than the skin, requiring stitches placed in layers to close the deeper tissue as well as the surface. This version is for a longer wound than the more limited version of this repair. Layered closure generally produces a stronger repair and a better cosmetic result than a simple surface-only repair.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Layered Repair Of A Longer Facial Or Lip Wound cost?

$1,002

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,002 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$501$389 to $676
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$245 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $129 to $4,365Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $501professional $501

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
$467.74
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,995.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$954.99
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Connecticut 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Nebraska· 38th of 51

$1,002

$501 physician + $501 facility

CT $3,087MD $573

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.