Surgery and procedures CPT 12011 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Face stitches, up to 1 inch cost in Eau Claire, WI — inpatient

In Eau Claire, WI, 2 hospitals list a cash price for stitches for a cut on the face up to 2.5 cm (1 inch), simple repair as an inpatient: from $193.80 to $309.40, with a median of $251.60. The lowest listed price is at Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire — $57.80 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $193.80 at 57 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 12011, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 20, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$193.80Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire
Median$251.60half pay less
Highest$309.40in this market
Difference1.6×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 Eau Claire, WI.

median
Lowest $193.80Highest $458.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire lowest Eau Claire, WI · (715) 858-8100 RPR FEEYNLMM <=2.5CM SMPL-TECH $193.80 $204.00 $112.20–$197.88 5% Feb 20, 2026
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Aspirus Stanley Hospital Stanley, WI · (715) 644-5571 Fac Smpl Rpr Supfc F/E/E/N/L/M 2.5cm/< $309.40 $476.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stanley Hospital Stanley, WI · (715) 644-5571 SIMPLE REPAIR F/E/E/N/L/M 2.5CM/< $458.90 $706.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Stanley Hospital Stanley, WI · (715) 644-5571 Pro Smpl Rpr Supfc F/E/E/N/L/M 2.5cm/< $458.90 $706.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $193.80, median $251.60, highest $309.40 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $251.60 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.