Stitches, small wound cost in Charlotte, NC
In Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC, 14 hospitals list a cash price for simple repair of a superficial wound 2.5 cm or less, scalp, neck, body or limbs: from $160.00 to $861.00, with a median of $374.23. The lowest listed price is at MUSC Lancaster Medical Center — $214.23 less than the median here. Across North Carolina, the median is $374.23 at 32 hospitals.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 11 cities for code 12001, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 1, 2025 and May 11, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Lancaster Medical Center lowest Lancaster, SC · (803) 286-1481 HB RPR/SIM/SCP/TRK/ETC TO 2.5CM | $160.00 | $320.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 Smpl Rpr Sclp/Nk/Tr/Ext <=2.5cm | $278.10 | $1,030.00 | $355.35 | 73% | — source file |
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 HC SMPL RPR SCLP/NK/TR/EXT <=2.5CM | $278.10 | $1,030.00 | $90.43–$755.00 | 73% | — source file |
| Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital Mooresville, NC · (704) 660-4000 Smpl Rpr Sclp/Nk/Tr/Ext <=2.5cm | $278.10 | $1,030.00 | $355.35 | 73% | — source file |
| MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester, SC · (803) 581-3151 HB RPR/SIM/SCP/TRK/ETC TO 2.5CM | $296.50 | $593.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC · (704) 694-5131 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $111.97–$711.03 | 50% | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC · (704) 694-5131 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $111.97–$711.03 | 50% | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC · (980) 212-2000 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $84.43–$711.03 | 50% | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton, NC · (980) 212-2000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $84.43–$711.03 | 50% | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Union Monroe, NC · (704) 283-3100 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $97.30–$711.03 | 50% | Dec 4, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Union Monroe, NC · (704) 283-3100 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $97.30–$711.03 | 50% | Dec 4, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $74.85–$688.57 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $74.85–$688.57 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $74.85–$726.00 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC · (704) 379-5000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $74.85–$726.00 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $163.24–$673.61 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte, NC HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $202.67–$688.57 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte, NC HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $202.67–$688.57 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Rehabilitation Belmont, NC HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $202.67–$688.57 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Rehabilitation Belmont, NC HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $202.67–$688.57 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $139.96–$748.45 | 50% | Dec 4, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $142.21–$748.45 | 50% | Dec 4, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $75.38–$673.61 | 50% | Dec 5, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord, NC · (704) 783-3000 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $91.83–$711.03 | 50% | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord, NC · (704) 783-3000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $91.83–$711.03 | 50% | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $75.38–$673.61 | 50% | Dec 4, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $143.33–$673.61 | 50% | Dec 4, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC ER RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $75.38–$688.57 | 50% | Dec 4, 2025 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC · (704) 355-2000 HC RESUPERF WND BODY <2.5CM | $374.23 | $748.45 | $134.50–$688.57 | 50% | Dec 4, 2025 source file |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Gastonia, NC · (704) 834-4891 HCHG SIMP REP S/NK/TR/EXT 2.5/< | $861.00 | $861.00 | $129.58–$817.95 | — | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Belmont, NC HCHG SIMP REP S/NK/TR/EXT 2.5/< | $861.00 | $861.00 | $129.58–$817.95 | — | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Gaston Memorial Hospital Mount Holly, NC HCHG SIMP REP S/NK/TR/EXT 2.5/< | $861.00 | $861.00 | $129.58–$817.95 | — | May 11, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $160.00, median $374.23, highest $861.00 — a 5.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $374.23. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 9 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This is simple closure of a clean, shallow cut 2.5 cm (about an inch) or less on the scalp, neck, armpit, genitals, trunk, arms, legs, hands or feet, usually with stitches. Cuts on the face, ears, eyelids, nose or lips use a different code series.
What the price covers
The price covers cleaning and closing the wound. The emergency room or urgent care visit, a tetanus shot and any X-ray are billed separately.