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Stitch Removal Under Anesthesia, Same Surgeon

Minnesota 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?

$209

Typical physician fee. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $309.

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 $339 · 10th to 90th $257 to $724Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $83 to $380
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $162

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$398.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$724.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 30th of 44

$209

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.