Face stitches, up to 1 inch cost in Providence, RI
In Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, 10 hospitals list a cash price for stitches for a cut on the face up to 2.5 cm (1 inch), simple repair: from $299.40 to $2,299.99, with a median of $443.28. The lowest listed price is at South County Health — $143.88 less than the median here. Across Rhode Island, the median is $443.28 at 6 hospitals.
- The median here, $443.28, is 36% above the US median of $326.10.
- That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
- 5 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 12011, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 15, 2025 and Jul 24, 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 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South County Health lowest Wakefield, RI · (401) 782-8000 Simple repair of superficial wounds of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips and/or mucous membranes; 2.5 cm or less File of Jul 24, 2026 · source file | $299.40 | $499.00 | $1,184.00 | 40% |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group Fall River, MA · (508) 679-3131 HC Simple Repair F/E/E/N/L/M 2.5cm/<+1 more line at this price File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $299.50 | $599.00 | $128.07–$1,790.00 | 50% |
| Southcoast Hospitals Group - St. Luke's Hospital St. New Bedford, MA HC Resuperf Wnd Face <2.5 Cm+1 more line at this price File of Dec 15, 2025 · source file | $299.50 | $599.00 | $128.07–$1,790.00 | 50% |
| Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Providence, RI · (401) 274-1100 HC Resuperf Wnd Face <2.5 Cm File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $431.55 | $1,233.00 | $47.93–$1,566.17 | 65% |
| Kent County Memorial Hospital Warwick, RI · (401) 737-7010 HC Resuperf Wnd Face <2.5 Cm File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $431.55 | $1,233.00 | $5.97–$1,150.39 | 65% |
| Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 444-4000 HC TO 2.5CM SIMPLE SUTURE FACE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $455.00 | $455.00 | — | — |
| The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI · (401) 793-2500 HC TO 2.5CM SIMPLE SUTURE FACE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $455.00 | $455.00 | — | — |
| Newport Hospital Newport, RI · (401) 846-6400 HC TO 2.5CM SIMPLE SUTURE FACE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $455.00 | $455.00 | — | — |
| Brown University Health Morton Hospital Taunton, MA · (508) 828-7000 HC TO 2.5CM SIMPLE SUTURE FACE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,897.43 | $1,897.43 | — | — |
| Saint Anne's Hospital Fall River, MA · (508) 674-5600 HC TO 2.5CM SIMPLE SUTURE FACE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,299.99 | $2,299.99 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $299.40, median $443.28, highest $2,299.99 — a 7.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $455.00. 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 5 of 5 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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.
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