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Procedure price report · Suture of skin and subcutaneous tissue

Layered stitch repair of face or mouth wound, 20.1-30 cm

CPT 12056the billing code this page is about

Intermediate repair, using more than one layer of stitches, of a cut on the face, ear, eyelid, nose, lip or inside the mouth, with a total repaired length of 20.1 to 30.0 cm.

Hospitals typically charge $775 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,422 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $821. Most fall between $425 and $1,428 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,422
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 1,422 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
$306$472$775$1,271$1,766

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($306 vs $1,766).

How the prices are spread

$245 – $307: 72 hospitals$245$307 – $385: 85 hospitals$385 – $483: 153 hospitals$385$483 – $606: 144 hospitals$606 – $760: 168 hospitals$606$760 – $954: 184 hospitals$954 – $1,196: 161 hospitals$954$1,196 – $1,501: 124 hospitals$1,501 – $1,882: 131 hospitals$1,501$1,882 – $2,361: 58 hospitals$1,882median $775price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,280 of 1,422 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$245$30772
$307$38585
$385$483153
$483$606144
$606$760168
$760$954184
$954$1,196161
$1,196$1,501124
$1,501$1,882131
$1,882$2,36158

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$415
Median cash price$775
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.87×

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 $775.

Alaska: median $1,106 across 10 hospitalsAK$1,106Maine: median $393 across 14 hospitalsME$393Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $862 across 40 hospitalsWA$862Idaho: median $1,117 across 13 hospitalsID$1,117Montana: median $503 across 13 hospitalsMT$503North Dakota: median $636 across 14 hospitalsND$636Minnesota: median $823 across 20 hospitalsMN$823Illinois: median $865 across 68 hospitalsIL$865Wisconsin: median $899 across 41 hospitalsWI$899Michigan: median $559 across 40 hospitalsMI$559New York: median $865 across 62 hospitalsNY$865Massachusetts: median $1,101 across 19 hospitalsMA$1,101Oregon: median $1,056 across 28 hospitalsOR$1,056Nevada: median $715 across 11 hospitalsNV$715Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $839 across 13 hospitalsSD$839Iowa: median $894 across 43 hospitalsIA$894Indiana: median $700 across 34 hospitalsIN$700Ohio: median $648 across 56 hospitalsOH$648Pennsylvania: median $751 across 52 hospitalsPA$751New Jersey: median $1,065 across 31 hospitalsNJ$1,065Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,102 across 107 hospitalsCA$1,102Utah: median $507 across 25 hospitalsUT$507Colorado: median $971 across 34 hospitalsCO$971Nebraska: median $969 across 33 hospitalsNE$969Missouri: median $852 across 27 hospitalsMO$852Kentucky: median $647 across 25 hospitalsKY$647West Virginia: median $468 across 22 hospitalsWV$468Virginia: median $643 across 45 hospitalsVA$643Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $596 across 11 hospitalsNM$596Kansas: median $1,064 across 27 hospitalsKS$1,064Arkansas: median $533 across 12 hospitalsAR$533Tennessee: median $403 across 15 hospitalsTN$403North Carolina: median $340 across 30 hospitalsNC$340South Carolina: median $900 across 31 hospitalsSC$900Oklahoma: median $418 across 38 hospitalsOK$418Louisiana: median $301 across 28 hospitalsLA$301Mississippi: median $392 across 20 hospitalsMS$392Alabama: median $362 across 15 hospitalsAL$362Georgia: median $688 across 44 hospitalsGA$688Hawaii: median $934 across 10 hospitalsHI$934Texas: median $902 across 107 hospitalsTX$902Florida: median $1,277 across 50 hospitalsFL$1,277
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $775. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL50$1,277+65%$559 – $2,419
Idaho ID13$1,117+44%$482 – $1,666
Alaska AK10$1,106+43%$771 – $2,438
California CA107$1,102+42%$721 – $2,057
Massachusetts MA19$1,101+42%$499 – $1,411
New Jersey NJ31$1,065+37%$443 – $5,124
Kansas KS27$1,064+37%$460 – $1,588
Oregon OR28$1,056+36%$887 – $1,637
Colorado CO34$971+25%$591 – $1,620
Nebraska NE33$969+25%$435 – $1,180
Hawaii HI10$934+21%$661 – $1,929
Texas TX107$902+16%$366 – $1,428
South Carolina SC31$900+16%$599 – $1,386
Wisconsin WI41$899+16%$634 – $1,572
Iowa IA43$894+15%$499 – $1,398
Illinois IL68$865+12%$518 – $1,606
New York NY62$865+12%$473 – $1,765
Washington WA40$862+11%$598 – $1,467
Missouri MO27$852+10%$467 – $1,117
South Dakota SD13$839+8%$671 – $1,060
Minnesota MN20$823+6%$499 – $1,056
Pennsylvania PA52$751−3%$280 – $1,404
Nevada NV11$715−8%$442 – $1,147
Indiana IN34$700−10%$446 – $1,038
Georgia GA44$688−11%$327 – $1,728
Ohio OH56$648−16%$436 – $1,088
Kentucky KY25$647−16%$321 – $1,604
Virginia VA45$643−17%$420 – $1,109
North Dakota ND14$636−18%$512 – $1,248
New Mexico NM11$596−23%$415 – $1,331
Michigan MI40$559−28%$377 – $1,083
Arkansas AR12$533−31%$360 – $710
Utah UT25$507−35%$447 – $584
Montana MT13$503−35%$339 – $756
West Virginia WV22$468−40%$426 – $841
Oklahoma OK38$418−46%$305 – $1,112
Tennessee TN15$403−48%$324 – $680
Maine ME14$393−49%$274 – $910
Mississippi MS20$392−49%$193 – $727
Alabama AL15$362−53%$315 – $427
North Carolina NC30$340−56%$302 – $709
Louisiana LA28$301−61%$208 – $613
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not 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 $775.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,013$775$415 – $1,448
Children’s27$924$536 – $1,266
Critical access380$769$447 – $1,354
Ownership
For-profit138$763$415 – $1,666
Government278$700$380 – $1,255
Non-profit1,004$815$437 – $1,406
System affiliation
Part of a system1,116$825$442 – $1,464
Independent306$684$376 – $1,246

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,288
Median cash price$775
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

1,064 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $846 and the average of the middle 60% is $877; most fall between $435 and $1,513.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,064 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
$316$503$846$1,366$1,803

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($316 vs $1,803).

Of the 1,152 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,064 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 56 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,422 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (36%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,546 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,422
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here61
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded63
Hospitals that filed this code1,546

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 September 4, 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 F/E/E/N/L&/Muc 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, “Layered stitch repair of face or mouth wound, 20.1-30 cm (CPT 12056) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-12056-layered-stitch-repair-of-face-or-mouth-wound-20-1-30-cm