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Stitch Removal Under Anesthesia, Same Surgeon

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 15850

Taking out stitches with the patient sedated or under general anesthesia rather than awake in a clinic. It is used when someone cannot tolerate having them removed otherwise, such as a young child or a patient whose stitches sit in a very sensitive place. The surgeon who put the stitches in removes them.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stitch Removal Under Anesthesia, Same Surgeon cost?

$3,236

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $126 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 22 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$126$87.10 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,754 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $9,333Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $46 to $479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $126

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
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$169.82

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 147.9 times more in Indiana than in Idaho. 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.

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IN $4,467ID $30.20

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.