Surgery and procedures CPT 12002 Outpatient

Stitches, 1 to 3 inch cut cost in Myrtle Beach, SC

In Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC, 4 hospitals list a cash price for stitches for a cut 2.6 to 7.5 cm (1 to 3 inches), simple repair, scalp, body, arms or legs: from $124.88 to $474.28, with a median of $474.28. The lowest listed price is at Conway Medical Center — $349.40 less than the median here. Across South Carolina, the median is $430.50 at 29 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 12002, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$124.88Conway Medical Center
Median$474.28half pay less
Highest$474.28in this market
Difference3.8×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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Lowest $124.88Highest $474.28

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Conway Medical Center lowest Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 Rpr s n ax gen ttrnk 2.6 to 7.5cm $124.88 $124.88 $22.48–$90.79 — —
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Conway Medical Center Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 RPR SMP S/N/H/F 2.6-7.5CM $431.00 $431.00 $77.58–$313.34 — —
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Conway Medical Center Conway, SC · (843) 347-8037 Rpr wnd 2.6-7.5cm sclp;axl;trnk;arm;lgWC $431.00 $431.00 $77.58–$313.34 — —
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McLeod Health Myrtle Beach, SC HC RESUP NPTERF WND BODY 2.6-7.5 CM $474.28 $668.00 $534.40–$570.42 29% —
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McLeod Health Loris, SC · (843) 716-7000 HC RESUP NPTERF WND BODY 2.6-7.5 CM $474.28 $668.00 $534.40–$570.42 29% —
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McLeod Health E Little River, SC HC RESUP NPTERF WND BODY 2.6-7.5 CM $474.28 $668.00 $534.40–$570.42 29% —
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Outpatient: lowest $124.88, median $474.28, highest $474.28 — a 3.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $474.28. 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 3 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 3 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 code covers closing a simple cut with stitches, staples or glue when the total length is 2.6 to 7.5 cm (about 1 to 3 inches) on the scalp, neck, body, arms or legs.

What the price covers

The price covers the repair. The visit, a tetanus shot and supplies may be billed separately.