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Procedure price report · Suture of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Simple wound stitching on trunk or limbs, 2.6 to 7.5 cm

CPT 12002the billing code this page is about

Single-layer closure of a shallow cut on the scalp, neck, underarm, genital area, trunk, arms or legs, with a total repaired length of 2.6 to 7.5 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $308 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,854 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $322. Most fall between $160 and $557 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,854
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,854 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$114$189$308$501$800

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($114 vs $800).

How the prices are spread

$84 – $109: 120 hospitals$84$109 – $141: 213 hospitals$141 – $183: 204 hospitals$141$183 – $237: 370 hospitals$237 – $307: 365 hospitals$237$307 – $398: 437 hospitals$398 – $516: 334 hospitals$398$516 – $669: 246 hospitals$669 – $867: 200 hospitals$669$867 – $1,124: 82 hospitals$867median $308price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,571 of 2,854 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$84$109120
$109$141213
$141$183204
$183$237370
$237$307365
$307$398437
$398$516334
$516$669246
$669$867200
$867$1,12482

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$308
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.50×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $308.

Alaska: median $376 across 16 hospitalsAK$376Maine: median $171 across 23 hospitalsME$171Vermont: median $237 across 12 hospitalsVT$237New Hampshire: median $203 across 21 hospitalsNH$203Washington: median $361 across 72 hospitalsWA$361Idaho: median $264 across 21 hospitalsID$264Montana: median $219 across 34 hospitalsMT$219North Dakota: median $289 across 29 hospitalsND$289Minnesota: median $314 across 99 hospitalsMN$314Illinois: median $389 across 123 hospitalsIL$389Wisconsin: median $353 across 85 hospitalsWI$353Michigan: median $226 across 83 hospitalsMI$226New York: median $299 across 104 hospitalsNY$299Massachusetts: median $394 across 46 hospitalsMA$394Oregon: median $221 across 54 hospitalsOR$221Nevada: median $280 across 15 hospitalsNV$280Wyoming: median $223 across 14 hospitalsWY$223South Dakota: median $326 across 43 hospitalsSD$326Iowa: median $230 across 88 hospitalsIA$230Indiana: median $362 across 58 hospitalsIN$362Ohio: median $302 across 116 hospitalsOH$302Pennsylvania: median $299 across 125 hospitalsPA$299New Jersey: median $267 across 56 hospitalsNJ$267Connecticut: median $315 across 20 hospitalsCT$315Rhode Island: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $749 across 149 hospitalsCA$749Utah: median $323 across 34 hospitalsUT$323Colorado: median $290 across 58 hospitalsCO$290Nebraska: median $243 across 75 hospitalsNE$243Missouri: median $261 across 63 hospitalsMO$261Kentucky: median $281 across 50 hospitalsKY$281West Virginia: median $267 across 41 hospitalsWV$267Virginia: median $422 across 59 hospitalsVA$422Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $208 across 36 hospitalsAZ$208New Mexico: median $372 across 30 hospitalsNM$372Kansas: median $221 across 83 hospitalsKS$221Arkansas: median $216 across 37 hospitalsAR$216Tennessee: median $202 across 56 hospitalsTN$202North Carolina: median $318 across 54 hospitalsNC$318South Carolina: median $411 across 46 hospitalsSC$411Oklahoma: median $195 across 68 hospitalsOK$195Louisiana: median $184 across 50 hospitalsLA$184Mississippi: median $139 across 53 hospitalsMS$139Alabama: median $221 across 32 hospitalsAL$221Georgia: median $383 across 98 hospitalsGA$383Hawaii: median $475 across 17 hospitalsHI$475Texas: median $423 across 184 hospitalsTX$423Florida: median $576 across 106 hospitalsFL$576
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $308. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA149$749+143%$267 – $949
Florida FL106$576+87%$288 – $1,124
Hawaii HI17$475+54%$307 – $554
Texas TX184$423+37%$208 – $557
Virginia VA59$422+37%$175 – $776
South Carolina SC46$411+33%$215 – $718
Massachusetts MA46$394+28%$299 – $561
Illinois IL123$389+26%$188 – $557
Georgia GA98$383+24%$197 – $741
Alaska AK16$376+22%$228 – $757
New Mexico NM30$372+21%$226 – $580
Indiana IN58$362+17%$170 – $561
Washington WA72$361+17%$207 – $604
Wisconsin WI85$353+15%$163 – $515
South Dakota SD43$326+6%$180 – $487
Utah UT34$323+5%$281 – $429
North Carolina NC54$318+3%$182 – $425
Connecticut CT20$315+2%$192 – $470
Minnesota MN99$314+2%$182 – $451
Ohio OH116$302−2%$205 – $556
New York NY104$299−3%$157 – $649
Pennsylvania PA125$299−3%$152 – $666
Colorado CO58$290−6%$228 – $576
North Dakota ND29$289−6%$188 – $355
Kentucky KY50$281−9%$148 – $405
Nevada NV15$280−9%$218 – $465
New Jersey NJ56$267−13%$220 – $3,786
West Virginia WV41$267−13%$170 – $414
Idaho ID21$264−14%$107 – $556
Missouri MO63$261−15%$158 – $458
Nebraska NE75$243−21%$190 – $323
Vermont VT12$237−23%$158 – $638
Iowa IA88$230−25%$141 – $355
Michigan MI83$226−27%$114 – $362
Wyoming WY14$223−28%$75 – $483
Oregon OR54$221−28%$157 – $491
Kansas KS83$221−28%$135 – $376
Alabama AL32$221−28%$133 – $604
Montana MT34$219−29%$107 – $355
Arkansas AR37$216−30%$137 – $330
Arizona AZ36$208−33%$129 – $575
New Hampshire NH21$203−34%$121 – $319
Tennessee TN56$202−35%$86 – $358
Oklahoma OK68$195−37%$113 – $427
Louisiana LA50$184−40%$88 – $328
Maine ME23$171−44%$113 – $288
Mississippi MS53$139−55%$75 – $307
Rhode Island RI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $308.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,877$332$178 – $650
Children’s56$514$232 – $967
Critical access915$263$136 – $414
Ownership
For-profit303$399$195 – $937
Government594$256$139 – $433
Non-profit1,951$315$165 – $561
System affiliation
Part of a system2,251$323$177 – $584
Independent603$238$132 – $456

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$519
Median cash price$308
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,113 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $339 and the average of the middle 60% is $351; most fall between $172 and $584.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,113 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$124$205$339$524$776

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($124 vs $776).

Of the 2,256 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,113 gave a usable cash price; 52 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 91 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,854 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (72%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,053 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,854
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here87
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded10
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code3,053

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Suture of skin and subcutaneous tissue family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Smpl Repair Scalp/Neck/Ax/Genit/Trunk 2.6-7.5cm.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Simple wound stitching on trunk or limbs, 2.6 to 7.5 cm (CPT 12002) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-12002-simple-wound-stitching-on-trunk-or-limbs-2-6-to-7-5-cm