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Stitch Removal Under Anesthesia, Same Surgeon

Washington 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?

$501

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $380 to $676.

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 $537 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,738Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $309 to $759
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $537professional $457

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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 22nd of 44

$501

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.