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Stitch Removal Under Anesthesia, Same Surgeon

New York 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?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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 4 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$132$54.95 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$2,754 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $5,012Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $55 to $170
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $132

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$131.83
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82

Where New York 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.

New York· 4th of 44

$3,631

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.