Surgery and procedures CPT 12011 Outpatient

Face stitches, up to 1 inch cost in Akron, OH

In Akron, OH, 4 hospitals list a cash price for stitches for a cut on the face up to 2.5 cm (1 inch), simple repair: from $205.80 to $317.25, with a median of $280.58. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron — $74.78 less than the median here. Across Ohio, the median is $317.25 at 66 hospitals.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 cities for code 12011, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 11, 2025 and Jul 14, 2026.

Lowest$205.80Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron
Median$280.58half pay less
Highest$317.25in this market
Difference1.5×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 Akron, OH.

median
Lowest $205.80Highest $387.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron lowest Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 PR SIMPLE REPAIR F/E/E/N/L/M 2.5CM/< $205.80 $343.00 $35.77–$313.37 40% Nov 11, 2025
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Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center Fairlawn, OH Simple repair of surface wound of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips, or mouth, 2.5 cm or less $255.00 $340.00 $53.12–$289.00 25% Jun 19, 2026
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Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OH · (330) 543-8290 HB SUTURE FACE SIM 0.1- 2.5CM $257.25 $343.00 $116.62–$339.23 25% Nov 11, 2025
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Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 SIMP REPAIR FACE,EAR,EYE <2.5CM $306.15 $471.00 $119.68–$471.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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University Hospitals Portage Medical Center Ravenna, OH · (330) 297-2300 HC RESUPERF WND FACE <2.5 CM $317.25 $423.00 $99.83–$2,808.00 25% Jul 14, 2026
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Akron General Medical Center Akron, OH · (330) 344-6000 SIMPLE REPAIR F/E/E/N/L/M 2.5CM/< $387.40 $596.00 $168.55–$596.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $205.80, median $280.58, highest $317.25 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $352.33. 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 4 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 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 code covers closing a simple cut up to 2.5 cm (about 1 inch) on the face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips or mucous membranes.

What the price covers

The price covers the repair. The visit and supplies may be billed separately.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 12011 ($319.00). 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.

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron Akron, OHPR RESUPERF WND FACE <2.5 CM $0.60 file