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Complex Repair of a Facial Wound

Louisiana 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?

$457

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $457 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$389$316 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$708 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,890Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $275 to $562
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $389

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
$457.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$562.34
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$616.60

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$457

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.