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Complex Repair of a Facial Wound

Kentucky 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 Kentucky, 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 $3,090 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 6 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$275 to $417
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,660 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $417 to $8,511Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $240 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $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
$263.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$489.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$371.54
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 36th 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.