Surgery and procedures CPT 12001 Outpatient

Stitches, small wound cost in Missoula, MT

In Missoula, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for simple repair of a superficial wound 2.5 cm or less, scalp, neck, body or limbs: from $208.80 to $208.80, with a median of $208.80. Across Montana, the median is $224.61 at 8 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$208.80St. Patrick Hospital
Median$208.80half pay less
Highest$208.80in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Missoula, MT.

median
Lowest $208.80Highest $290.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. Patrick Hospital lowest Missoula, MT · (406) 543-7271 HC ED REPAIR SUPERFIC WOUND(S)LT/2.5CM SLP NK AX EXGEN TRNK EXTR HND FT CDM $208.80 $261.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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St. Patrick Hospital Missoula, MT · (406) 543-7271 HC PR ED 12001 SIMPLE REPAIR SCALP/NECK/AX/GENIT/TRUNK 2.5CM/OR LESS CDM $290.40 $363.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $208.80, median $208.80, highest $208.80.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $208.80. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.