Stitches, small wound cost in Erie, PA
In Erie, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for simple repair of a superficial wound 2.5 cm or less, scalp, neck, body or limbs: from $565.80 to $782.28, with a median of $674.04. The lowest listed price is at UPMC Hamot — $108.24 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $491.80 at 68 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 12001, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 25, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 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 Erie, PA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Hamot lowest Erie, PA · (814) 877-6000 SMPL LAC RPR 0-2.5CM SCALP | $565.80 | $943.00 | $26.95–$6,879.78 | 40% | — source file |
| Saint Vincent Health Center Erie, PA · (814) 452-5111 HC RPR SCLP/NK/TR/EXT <=2.5CM | $782.28 | $954.00 | $25.73–$5,839.11 | 18% | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $565.80, median $674.04, highest $782.28 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $674.04. 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 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 12001 ($302.25). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Saint Vincent Health Center Erie, PAPR SIMPLE REPAIR SCALP/NECK/AX/GENIT/TRUNK 2.5CM/< | $22.50 | file |