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Complex Repair of a Facial Wound

South 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 October 2026.

How much does Complex Repair of a Facial Wound cost?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $955 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$324 to $447
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$631 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,995Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $224 to $550
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $955professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$20,417.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$645.65
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$302.00

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

South Carolina· 33rd of 51

$407

AK $1,122KY $331

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.