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Complex Repair of a Facial Wound

North Carolina 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 7 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$398$282 to $457
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$389 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $269 to $6,761Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $240 to $912
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $513professional $398

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
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$660.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$45,708.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 30th of 51

$417

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.