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Procedure price report · Suture of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Simple wound stitching on trunk or limbs, 20.1 to 30 cm

CPT 12006the 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 20.1 to 30 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $502 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,340 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $531. Most fall between $278 and $931 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,340
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 2,340 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
$195$326$502$811$1,276

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($195 vs $1,276).

How the prices are spread

$147 – $190: 97 hospitals$147$190 – $245: 145 hospitals$245 – $316: 207 hospitals$245$316 – $408: 319 hospitals$408 – $526: 360 hospitals$408$526 – $679: 323 hospitals$679 – $877: 269 hospitals$679$877 – $1,132: 193 hospitals$1,132 – $1,461: 126 hospitals$1,132$1,461 – $1,887: 68 hospitals$1,461median $502price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,107 of 2,340 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$147$19097
$190$245145
$245$316207
$316$408319
$408$526360
$526$679323
$679$877269
$877$1,132193
$1,132$1,461126
$1,461$1,88768

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$415
Median cash price$502
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.21×

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 $502.

Alaska: median $790 across 12 hospitalsAK$790Maine: median $312 across 20 hospitalsME$312Vermont: median $447 across 11 hospitalsVT$447New Hampshire: median $342 across 17 hospitalsNH$342Washington: median $623 across 64 hospitalsWA$623Idaho: median $500 across 20 hospitalsID$500Montana: median $406 across 28 hospitalsMT$406North Dakota: median $445 across 25 hospitalsND$445Minnesota: median $393 across 74 hospitalsMN$393Illinois: median $575 across 105 hospitalsIL$575Wisconsin: median $424 across 70 hospitalsWI$424Michigan: median $408 across 66 hospitalsMI$408New York: median $622 across 90 hospitalsNY$622Massachusetts: median $733 across 40 hospitalsMA$733Oregon: median $497 across 47 hospitalsOR$497Nevada: median $442 across 14 hospitalsNV$442Wyoming: median $412 across 14 hospitalsWY$412South Dakota: median $535 across 20 hospitalsSD$535Iowa: median $357 across 63 hospitalsIA$357Indiana: median $660 across 43 hospitalsIN$660Ohio: median $467 across 82 hospitalsOH$467Pennsylvania: median $753 across 102 hospitalsPA$753New Jersey: median $1,065 across 49 hospitalsNJ$1,065Connecticut: median $600 across 16 hospitalsCT$600Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $758 across 130 hospitalsCA$758Utah: median $431 across 27 hospitalsUT$431Colorado: median $560 across 47 hospitalsCO$560Nebraska: median $405 across 59 hospitalsNE$405Missouri: median $405 across 48 hospitalsMO$405Kentucky: median $355 across 37 hospitalsKY$355West Virginia: median $467 across 35 hospitalsWV$467Virginia: median $557 across 53 hospitalsVA$557Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $347 across 34 hospitalsAZ$347New Mexico: median $574 across 23 hospitalsNM$574Kansas: median $458 across 64 hospitalsKS$458Arkansas: median $353 across 26 hospitalsAR$353Tennessee: median $351 across 48 hospitalsTN$351North Carolina: median $384 across 42 hospitalsNC$384South Carolina: median $770 across 43 hospitalsSC$770Oklahoma: median $364 across 62 hospitalsOK$364Louisiana: median $259 across 39 hospitalsLA$259Mississippi: median $235 across 42 hospitalsMS$235Alabama: median $348 across 29 hospitalsAL$348Georgia: median $676 across 82 hospitalsGA$676Hawaii: median $954 across 15 hospitalsHI$954Texas: median $540 across 157 hospitalsTX$540Florida: median $872 across 91 hospitalsFL$872
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $502. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ49$1,065+112%$471 – $4,350
Hawaii HI15$954+90%$266 – $1,414
Florida FL91$872+74%$342 – $1,532
Alaska AK12$790+57%$335 – $979
South Carolina SC43$770+53%$570 – $820
California CA130$758+51%$513 – $1,426
Pennsylvania PA102$753+50%$326 – $1,829
Massachusetts MA40$733+46%$400 – $3,704
Georgia GA82$676+35%$294 – $818
Indiana IN43$660+31%$234 – $1,038
Washington WA64$623+24%$369 – $905
New York NY90$622+24%$303 – $1,107
Connecticut CT16$600+19%$444 – $901
Illinois IL105$575+15%$296 – $883
New Mexico NM23$574+14%$364 – $807
Colorado CO47$560+11%$337 – $934
Virginia VA53$557+11%$255 – $941
Texas TX157$540+8%$404 – $974
South Dakota SD20$535+7%$323 – $626
Idaho ID20$5000%$210 – $1,117
Oregon OR47$497−1%$353 – $791
Ohio OH82$467−7%$326 – $794
West Virginia WV35$467−7%$210 – $607
Kansas KS64$458−9%$255 – $1,022
Vermont VT11$447−11%$301 – $1,156
North Dakota ND25$445−11%$269 – $670
Nevada NV14$442−12%$308 – $613
Utah UT27$431−14%$328 – $730
Wisconsin WI70$424−16%$267 – $646
Wyoming WY14$412−18%$152 – $734
Michigan MI66$408−19%$267 – $602
Montana MT28$406−19%$318 – $606
Missouri MO48$405−19%$201 – $645
Nebraska NE59$405−19%$278 – $506
Minnesota MN74$393−22%$299 – $540
North Carolina NC42$384−24%$227 – $523
Oklahoma OK62$364−28%$203 – $685
Iowa IA63$357−29%$247 – $495
Kentucky KY37$355−29%$276 – $654
Arkansas AR26$353−30%$162 – $645
Tennessee TN48$351−30%$181 – $997
Alabama AL29$348−31%$237 – $516
Arizona AZ34$347−31%$278 – $799
New Hampshire NH17$342−32%$182 – $581
Maine ME20$312−38%$150 – $467
Louisiana LA39$259−48%$172 – $494
Mississippi MS42$235−53%$116 – $376
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not 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 $502.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,592$540$307 – $1,004
Children’s33$584$326 – $1,474
Critical access712$434$248 – $676
Ownership
For-profit247$565$282 – $1,226
Government483$422$247 – $769
Non-profit1,607$519$290 – $939
System affiliation
Part of a system1,849$523$294 – $965
Independent491$433$235 – $780

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$852
Median cash price$502
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

1,735 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $540 and the average of the middle 60% is $572; most fall between $282 and $976.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,735 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
$205$336$540$877$1,414

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($205 vs $1,414).

Of the 1,864 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,735 gave a usable cash price; 45 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 84 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,340 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (59%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,502 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,340
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here72
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded87
Hospitals that filed this code2,502

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 Rpr Scalp/Neck/Ax/Genit/Trunk 20.1-30.0cm.

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, 20.1 to 30 cm (CPT 12006) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-12006-simple-wound-stitching-on-trunk-or-limbs-20-1-to-30-cm