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Procedure price report · Suture of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Simple stitching of face or lip wound, 5.1 to 7.5 cm

CPT 12014the billing code this page is about

Single-layer stitch repair of a shallow cut on the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip or mouth lining, where the wound lengths repaired total 5.1 to 7.5 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $356 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,563 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $379. Most fall between $199 and $644 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,563
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 2,563 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
$138$220$356$571$937

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($138 vs $937).

How the prices are spread

$105 – $136: 108 hospitals$105$136 – $176: 184 hospitals$176 – $228: 249 hospitals$176$228 – $295: 334 hospitals$295 – $382: 379 hospitals$295$382 – $495: 352 hospitals$495 – $641: 314 hospitals$495$641 – $831: 199 hospitals$831 – $1,076: 103 hospitals$831$1,076 – $1,394: 86 hospitals$1,076median $356price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,308 of 2,563 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$105$136108
$136$176184
$176$228249
$228$295334
$295$382379
$382$495352
$495$641314
$641$831199
$831$1,076103
$1,076$1,39486

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$205
Median cash price$356
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.74×

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 $356.

Alaska: median $624 across 16 hospitalsAK$624Maine: median $220 across 22 hospitalsME$220Vermont: median $374 across 12 hospitalsVT$374New Hampshire: median $211 across 17 hospitalsNH$211Washington: median $409 across 71 hospitalsWA$409Idaho: median $298 across 20 hospitalsID$298Montana: median $256 across 31 hospitalsMT$256North Dakota: median $345 across 27 hospitalsND$345Minnesota: median $329 across 89 hospitalsMN$329Illinois: median $450 across 116 hospitalsIL$450Wisconsin: median $379 across 82 hospitalsWI$379Michigan: median $276 across 68 hospitalsMI$276New York: median $332 across 96 hospitalsNY$332Massachusetts: median $627 across 41 hospitalsMA$627Oregon: median $346 across 50 hospitalsOR$346Nevada: median $248 across 15 hospitalsNV$248Wyoming: median $327 across 14 hospitalsWY$327South Dakota: median $390 across 33 hospitalsSD$390Iowa: median $244 across 75 hospitalsIA$244Indiana: median $421 across 47 hospitalsIN$421Ohio: median $357 across 86 hospitalsOH$357Pennsylvania: median $454 across 115 hospitalsPA$454New Jersey: median $701 across 49 hospitalsNJ$701Connecticut: median $332 across 19 hospitalsCT$332Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $671 across 131 hospitalsCA$671Utah: median $345 across 28 hospitalsUT$345Colorado: median $379 across 50 hospitalsCO$379Nebraska: median $304 across 71 hospitalsNE$304Missouri: median $381 across 47 hospitalsMO$381Kentucky: median $321 across 41 hospitalsKY$321West Virginia: median $277 across 38 hospitalsWV$277Virginia: median $514 across 55 hospitalsVA$514Maryland: 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 $332 across 32 hospitalsAZ$332New Mexico: median $439 across 27 hospitalsNM$439Kansas: median $296 across 75 hospitalsKS$296Arkansas: median $216 across 33 hospitalsAR$216Tennessee: median $174 across 52 hospitalsTN$174North Carolina: median $318 across 49 hospitalsNC$318South Carolina: median $527 across 44 hospitalsSC$527Oklahoma: median $360 across 65 hospitalsOK$360Louisiana: median $169 across 44 hospitalsLA$169Mississippi: median $220 across 53 hospitalsMS$220Alabama: median $224 across 31 hospitalsAL$224Georgia: median $354 across 87 hospitalsGA$354Hawaii: median $454 across 15 hospitalsHI$454Texas: median $456 across 170 hospitalsTX$456Florida: median $637 across 99 hospitalsFL$637
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $356. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ49$701+97%$232 – $4,350
California CA131$671+88%$329 – $1,114
Florida FL99$637+79%$260 – $1,394
Massachusetts MA41$627+76%$321 – $1,501
Alaska AK16$624+75%$278 – $836
South Carolina SC44$527+48%$310 – $639
Virginia VA55$514+44%$271 – $702
Texas TX170$456+28%$208 – $644
Hawaii HI15$454+28%$279 – $644
Pennsylvania PA115$454+28%$185 – $933
Illinois IL116$450+26%$204 – $708
New Mexico NM27$439+23%$279 – $734
Indiana IN47$421+18%$298 – $569
Washington WA71$409+15%$301 – $712
South Dakota SD33$390+9%$294 – $581
Missouri MO47$381+7%$183 – $758
Wisconsin WI82$379+6%$237 – $533
Colorado CO50$379+6%$185 – $616
Vermont VT12$374+5%$266 – $857
Oklahoma OK65$360+1%$136 – $529
Ohio OH86$3570%$216 – $391
Georgia GA87$3540%$232 – $741
Oregon OR50$346−3%$259 – $571
North Dakota ND27$345−3%$204 – $420
Utah UT28$345−3%$307 – $369
Connecticut CT19$332−7%$271 – $646
New York NY96$332−7%$205 – $672
Arizona AZ32$332−7%$160 – $662
Minnesota MN89$329−8%$243 – $481
Wyoming WY14$327−8%$97 – $582
Kentucky KY41$321−10%$227 – $425
North Carolina NC49$318−11%$182 – $370
Nebraska NE71$304−15%$222 – $432
Idaho ID20$298−16%$135 – $556
Kansas KS75$296−17%$168 – $471
West Virginia WV38$277−22%$203 – $539
Michigan MI68$276−23%$92 – $472
Montana MT31$256−28%$155 – $370
Nevada NV15$248−30%$151 – $541
Iowa IA75$244−32%$184 – $424
Alabama AL31$224−37%$147 – $382
Mississippi MS53$220−38%$101 – $299
Maine ME22$220−38%$171 – $297
Arkansas AR33$216−39%$164 – $308
New Hampshire NH17$211−41%$105 – $379
Tennessee TN52$174−51%$136 – $364
Louisiana LA44$169−53%$88 – $336
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 $356.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,690$381$205 – $741
Children’s40$470$269 – $973
Critical access829$327$187 – $498
Ownership
For-profit278$471$203 – $1,338
Government546$300$175 – $498
Non-profit1,735$375$204 – $644
System affiliation
Part of a system2,016$379$211 – $671
Independent547$291$164 – $522

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$581
Median cash price$356
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

1,884 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $387 and the average of the middle 60% is $409; most fall between $212 and $671.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,884 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
$150$243$387$616$907

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($150 vs $907).

Of the 2,019 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,884 gave a usable cash price; 48 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 87 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,563 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (65%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,736 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,563
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here79
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded90
Hospitals that filed this code2,736

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 5.1cm-7.5 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 stitching of face or lip wound, 5.1 to 7.5 cm (CPT 12014) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-12014-simple-stitching-of-face-or-lip-wound-5-1-to-7-5-cm