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Complex Repair of a Facial Wound

Iowa 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $457 from a physician practice, and about $3,388 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 8 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$457$339 to $759
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,388$933 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,244Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,698
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,388professional $457

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
$645.65
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,000.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$831.76

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$479

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.