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Procedure price report · Suture of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Layered repair of neck, hand or foot wound, 2.6 to 7.5 cm

CPT 12042the billing code this page is about

Multi-layer stitch repair, including the tissue under the skin, of a cut on the neck, hand, foot or external genitals, with repaired length totaling 2.6 to 7.5 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $524 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,665 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $554. Most fall between $301 and $925 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,665
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 2,665 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
$216$333$524$819$1,445

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($216 vs $1,445).

How the prices are spread

$155 – $206: 113 hospitals$155$206 – $274: 207 hospitals$274 – $365: 321 hospitals$274$365 – $486: 422 hospitals$486 – $646: 453 hospitals$486$646 – $861: 403 hospitals$861 – $1,145: 245 hospitals$861$1,145 – $1,525: 126 hospitals$1,525 – $2,030: 65 hospitals$1,525$2,030 – $2,702: 45 hospitals$2,030median $524price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,400 of 2,665 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$155$206113
$206$274207
$274$365321
$365$486422
$486$646453
$646$861403
$861$1,145245
$1,145$1,525126
$1,525$2,03065
$2,030$2,70245

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$415
Median cash price$524
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.26×

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 $524.

Alaska: median $707 across 14 hospitalsAK$707Maine: median $329 across 22 hospitalsME$329Vermont: median $361 across 12 hospitalsVT$361New Hampshire: median $290 across 20 hospitalsNH$290Washington: median $589 across 69 hospitalsWA$589Idaho: median $356 across 22 hospitalsID$356Montana: median $415 across 32 hospitalsMT$415North Dakota: median $574 across 27 hospitalsND$574Minnesota: median $559 across 93 hospitalsMN$559Illinois: median $587 across 117 hospitalsIL$587Wisconsin: median $511 across 83 hospitalsWI$511Michigan: median $434 across 77 hospitalsMI$434New York: median $603 across 110 hospitalsNY$603Massachusetts: median $692 across 47 hospitalsMA$692Oregon: median $563 across 51 hospitalsOR$563Nevada: median $442 across 15 hospitalsNV$442Wyoming: median $287 across 14 hospitalsWY$287South Dakota: median $653 across 32 hospitalsSD$653Iowa: median $427 across 85 hospitalsIA$427Indiana: median $490 across 58 hospitalsIN$490Ohio: median $648 across 108 hospitalsOH$648Pennsylvania: median $531 across 118 hospitalsPA$531New Jersey: median $752 across 47 hospitalsNJ$752Connecticut: median $831 across 19 hospitalsCT$831Rhode Island: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $879 across 138 hospitalsCA$879Utah: median $694 across 27 hospitalsUT$694Colorado: median $602 across 49 hospitalsCO$602Nebraska: median $569 across 67 hospitalsNE$569Missouri: median $428 across 56 hospitalsMO$428Kentucky: median $367 across 49 hospitalsKY$367West Virginia: median $486 across 38 hospitalsWV$486Virginia: median $518 across 54 hospitalsVA$518Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $467 across 28 hospitalsAZ$467New Mexico: median $584 across 29 hospitalsNM$584Kansas: median $382 across 77 hospitalsKS$382Arkansas: median $448 across 36 hospitalsAR$448Tennessee: median $333 across 49 hospitalsTN$333North Carolina: median $455 across 51 hospitalsNC$455South Carolina: median $555 across 45 hospitalsSC$555Oklahoma: median $434 across 63 hospitalsOK$434Louisiana: median $303 across 49 hospitalsLA$303Mississippi: median $284 across 49 hospitalsMS$284Alabama: median $375 across 31 hospitalsAL$375Georgia: median $578 across 74 hospitalsGA$578Hawaii: median $593 across 16 hospitalsHI$593Texas: median $510 across 176 hospitalsTX$510Florida: median $995 across 106 hospitalsFL$995
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $524. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL106$995+90%$446 – $2,093
California CA138$879+68%$505 – $1,317
Connecticut CT19$831+59%$323 – $1,298
New Jersey NJ47$752+44%$471 – $4,627
Alaska AK14$707+35%$511 – $1,532
Utah UT27$694+32%$369 – $730
Massachusetts MA47$692+32%$499 – $1,212
South Dakota SD32$653+25%$544 – $864
Ohio OH108$648+24%$352 – $837
New York NY110$603+15%$298 – $1,614
Colorado CO49$602+15%$337 – $1,006
Hawaii HI16$593+13%$571 – $954
Washington WA69$589+12%$439 – $950
Illinois IL117$587+12%$319 – $883
New Mexico NM29$584+11%$365 – $813
Georgia GA74$578+10%$327 – $897
North Dakota ND27$574+10%$410 – $720
Nebraska NE67$569+9%$370 – $680
Oregon OR51$563+7%$353 – $746
Minnesota MN93$559+7%$343 – $746
South Carolina SC45$555+6%$250 – $1,280
Pennsylvania PA118$531+1%$331 – $925
Virginia VA54$518−1%$160 – $721
Wisconsin WI83$511−2%$330 – $704
Texas TX176$510−3%$313 – $867
Indiana IN58$490−7%$307 – $2,255
West Virginia WV38$486−7%$377 – $729
Arizona AZ28$467−11%$350 – $1,666
North Carolina NC51$455−13%$265 – $523
Arkansas AR36$448−15%$216 – $593
Nevada NV15$442−16%$338 – $840
Michigan MI77$434−17%$225 – $583
Oklahoma OK63$434−17%$238 – $853
Missouri MO56$428−18%$270 – $909
Iowa IA85$427−18%$260 – $638
Montana MT32$415−21%$247 – $525
Kansas KS77$382−27%$252 – $610
Alabama AL31$375−28%$248 – $791
Kentucky KY49$367−30%$277 – $791
Vermont VT12$361−31%$239 – $980
Idaho ID22$356−32%$248 – $1,117
Tennessee TN49$333−36%$151 – $649
Maine ME22$329−37%$256 – $476
Louisiana LA49$303−42%$176 – $559
New Hampshire NH20$290−45%$142 – $572
Wyoming WY14$287−45%$243 – $739
Mississippi MS49$284−46%$148 – $574
Rhode Island RI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not 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 $524.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,772$565$313 – $1,092
Children’s45$522$246 – $1,217
Critical access841$473$281 – $713
Ownership
For-profit279$636$327 – $1,666
Government549$455$270 – $724
Non-profit1,830$544$305 – $922
System affiliation
Part of a system2,110$557$320 – $980
Independent555$429$252 – $736

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$847
Median cash price$524
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

1,922 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $556 and the average of the middle 60% is $578; most fall between $313 and $954.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,922 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
$227$338$556$855$1,388

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($227 vs $1,388).

Of the 2,068 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,922 gave a usable cash price; 50 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 96 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,665 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (67%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,864 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,665
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here85
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded11
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded103
Hospitals that filed this code2,864

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 Repair Intermediate N/H/F/Xtrnl Gent 2.6-7.5 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, “Layered repair of neck, hand or foot wound, 2.6 to 7.5 cm (CPT 12042) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-12042-layered-repair-of-neck-hand-or-foot-wound-2-6-to-7-5-cm