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Procedure price report · Suture of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Simple wound stitching on face or lips, 2.6 to 5 cm

CPT 12013the billing code this page is about

Single-layer closure of a shallow cut on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips or mouth lining, with a total repaired length of 2.6 to 5 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $318 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,701 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $335. Most fall between $170 and $579 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,701
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 2,701 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
$118$198$318$511$835

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($118 vs $835).

How the prices are spread

$86 – $113: 123 hospitals$86$113 – $149: 190 hospitals$149 – $195: 211 hospitals$149$195 – $256: 370 hospitals$256 – $336: 410 hospitals$256$336 – $441: 392 hospitals$441 – $578: 325 hospitals$441$578 – $759: 228 hospitals$759 – $995: 123 hospitals$759$995 – $1,306: 61 hospitals$995median $318price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,433 of 2,701 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$86$113123
$113$149190
$149$195211
$195$256370
$256$336410
$336$441392
$441$578325
$578$759228
$759$995123
$995$1,30661

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$318
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.55×

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 $318.

Alaska: median $465 across 16 hospitalsAK$465Maine: median $174 across 22 hospitalsME$174Vermont: median $284 across 12 hospitalsVT$284New Hampshire: median $226 across 21 hospitalsNH$226Washington: median $370 across 71 hospitalsWA$370Idaho: median $222 across 20 hospitalsID$222Montana: median $239 across 34 hospitalsMT$239North Dakota: median $288 across 28 hospitalsND$288Minnesota: median $315 across 94 hospitalsMN$315Illinois: median $417 across 120 hospitalsIL$417Wisconsin: median $290 across 82 hospitalsWI$290Michigan: median $235 across 73 hospitalsMI$235New York: median $295 across 98 hospitalsNY$295Massachusetts: median $490 across 44 hospitalsMA$490Oregon: median $246 across 53 hospitalsOR$246Nevada: median $322 across 17 hospitalsNV$322Wyoming: median $277 across 14 hospitalsWY$277South Dakota: median $346 across 43 hospitalsSD$346Iowa: median $243 across 88 hospitalsIA$243Indiana: median $326 across 49 hospitalsIN$326Ohio: median $305 across 95 hospitalsOH$305Pennsylvania: median $348 across 118 hospitalsPA$348New Jersey: median $633 across 53 hospitalsNJ$633Connecticut: median $305 across 20 hospitalsCT$305Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $846 across 140 hospitalsCA$846Utah: median $345 across 30 hospitalsUT$345Colorado: median $367 across 56 hospitalsCO$367Nebraska: median $269 across 74 hospitalsNE$269Missouri: median $246 across 52 hospitalsMO$246Kentucky: median $277 across 44 hospitalsKY$277West Virginia: median $277 across 40 hospitalsWV$277Virginia: median $478 across 55 hospitalsVA$478Maryland: 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 $256 across 32 hospitalsAZ$256New Mexico: median $365 across 29 hospitalsNM$365Kansas: median $236 across 79 hospitalsKS$236Arkansas: median $216 across 36 hospitalsAR$216Tennessee: median $216 across 53 hospitalsTN$216North Carolina: median $318 across 49 hospitalsNC$318South Carolina: median $411 across 44 hospitalsSC$411Oklahoma: median $283 across 66 hospitalsOK$283Louisiana: median $196 across 49 hospitalsLA$196Mississippi: median $192 across 52 hospitalsMS$192Alabama: median $222 across 31 hospitalsAL$222Georgia: median $354 across 95 hospitalsGA$354Hawaii: median $475 across 16 hospitalsHI$475Texas: median $406 across 177 hospitalsTX$406Florida: median $538 across 102 hospitalsFL$538
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $318. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA140$846+166%$308 – $1,019
New Jersey NJ53$633+99%$220 – $3,986
Florida FL102$538+69%$283 – $1,166
Massachusetts MA44$490+54%$280 – $1,670
Virginia VA55$478+50%$120 – $648
Hawaii HI16$475+49%$307 – $561
Alaska AK16$465+46%$252 – $836
Illinois IL120$417+31%$184 – $585
South Carolina SC44$411+29%$279 – $662
Texas TX177$406+28%$208 – $660
Washington WA71$370+16%$221 – $579
Colorado CO56$367+15%$165 – $586
New Mexico NM29$365+15%$258 – $668
Georgia GA95$354+11%$202 – $558
Pennsylvania PA118$348+9%$186 – $636
South Dakota SD43$346+9%$243 – $517
Utah UT30$345+8%$274 – $363
Indiana IN49$326+3%$211 – $493
Nevada NV17$322+1%$218 – $622
North Carolina NC49$3180%$199 – $408
Minnesota MN94$315−1%$176 – $481
Connecticut CT20$305−4%$208 – $502
Ohio OH95$305−4%$175 – $387
New York NY98$295−7%$171 – $627
Wisconsin WI82$290−9%$126 – $509
North Dakota ND28$288−9%$204 – $365
Vermont VT12$284−11%$134 – $662
Oklahoma OK66$283−11%$124 – $435
Wyoming WY14$277−13%$75 – $523
Kentucky KY44$277−13%$148 – $374
West Virginia WV40$277−13%$166 – $452
Nebraska NE74$269−15%$197 – $395
Arizona AZ32$256−19%$132 – $675
Oregon OR53$246−23%$160 – $491
Missouri MO52$246−23%$138 – $360
Iowa IA88$243−24%$149 – $377
Montana MT34$239−25%$127 – $386
Kansas KS79$236−26%$127 – $400
Michigan MI73$235−26%$88 – $459
New Hampshire NH21$226−29%$93 – $324
Alabama AL31$222−30%$117 – $393
Idaho ID20$222−30%$127 – $556
Tennessee TN53$216−32%$94 – $364
Arkansas AR36$216−32%$139 – $377
Louisiana LA49$196−38%$95 – $314
Mississippi MS52$192−40%$98 – $285
Maine ME22$174−45%$142 – $275
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 $318.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,764$349$188 – $662
Children’s42$329$165 – $788
Critical access890$277$145 – $437
Ownership
For-profit290$401$194 – $1,108
Government569$276$150 – $457
Non-profit1,837$326$175 – $584
System affiliation
Part of a system2,130$335$184 – $602
Independent571$270$137 – $469

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$530
Median cash price$318
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

1,994 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $350 and the average of the middle 60% is $365; most fall between $186 and $621.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,994 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
$127$211$350$541$809

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($127 vs $809).

Of the 2,136 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,994 gave a usable cash price; 49 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 93 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,701 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (68%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,896 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,701
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here84
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 — excluded101
Hospitals that filed this code2,896

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 Simple Repair F/E/E/N/L/M 2.6cm-5.0 Cm.

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 face or lips, 2.6 to 5 cm (CPT 12013) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-12013-simple-wound-stitching-on-face-or-lips-2-6-to-5-cm