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Removal Of Stitches Or Staples Under Anesthesia

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 15851

Covers taking out stitches or staples when the patient needs general anesthesia or sedation for it, rather than having them removed at an ordinary office visit. This is usually because the patient is a young child, the area is very painful or delicate, or the patient cannot hold still. The anesthesia itself is provided and billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Stitches Or Staples Under Anesthesia cost?

$85.11

Typical physician fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $138.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $41 to $209
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $85

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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$251.19
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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· 22nd of 51

$85.11

AK $166WV $56.23

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.