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Complex Repair of a Facial Wound

Alabama rates for HCPCS 13151

This service repairs a wound on the eyelids, nose, ears, or lips using a complex repair technique that goes well beyond basic layered stitching, often involving reshaping of the wound edges and additional steps to restore normal appearance and function. It covers a wound in the smaller-to-moderate range of length treated with this more involved repair method.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complex Repair of a Facial Wound cost?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 5 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$347$263 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$617 to $1,122

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,660Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $240 to $490
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $813professional $347

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
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$489.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$446.68

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Alabama· 38th of 51

$389

AK $912MT $339

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.