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Stitch Removal Under Anesthesia, Same Surgeon

Wisconsin 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?

$3,020

Typical negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 5 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$155$115 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$2,754 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $5,754Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $115 to $479
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $155

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$288.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,890.45
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,892.96

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 8th of 44

$3,020

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.