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Stitch Removal Under Anesthesia, Same Surgeon

Massachusetts 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?

$490

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $490 to $2,089.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $56 to $4,074Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $490 to $490
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,862professional $490

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80

Where Massachusetts sits

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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 44

$490

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.