Layered stitches, up to 1 inch cost in El Paso, TX
In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for layered stitches for a cut up to 2.5 cm, intermediate repair, scalp, body, arms or legs: from $54.58 to $123.49, with a median of $68.50. The lowest listed price is at University Medical Center Surgical Hospital — $13.92 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $705.58 at 90 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 12031, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital lowest Dieter El Paso, TX SH EDE LAY CLS SC/AX/TR/EXT < 2.6 | $54.58 | $272.90 | $51.85–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ESP INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM #PF# | $68.50 | $342.50 | $65.08–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ZAR INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM #PF# | $68.50 | $342.50 | $65.08–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 ESP INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM #PF# | $68.50 | $342.50 | $65.08–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX ZAR INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM #PF# | $68.50 | $342.50 | $65.08–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EDE LAY CLS SC/AX/TR/EXT < 2.6 | $69.05 | $345.24 | $65.60–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EDN LAY CLS SC/AX/TR/EXT < 2.6 | $69.05 | $345.24 | $65.60–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 EDE LAY CLS SC/AX/TR/EXT < 2.6 | $69.05 | $345.24 | $65.60–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX EDN LAY CLS SC/AX/TR/EXT < 2.6 | $69.05 | $345.24 | $65.60–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 DPT INT RPR S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM#PF# | $78.60 | $393.00 | $74.67–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX DPT INT RPR S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM#PF# | $78.60 | $393.00 | $74.67–$392.84 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX WSP INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM #PF# | $82.53 | $412.65 | $142.00–$143.17 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 WSP INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM #PF# | $82.53 | $412.65 | $142.00–$143.17 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CH UCC EL RPR LAC INT SCLP/AXIL <2.5C | $123.49 | $617.47 | $91.28–$493.98 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 CH UCC RPR LAC INT SCLP/AXIL <2.5C | $127.20 | $636.00 | $91.28–$508.80 | 80% | — source file |
| El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7148 LAY CLS SC/AX/TR/EXT < 2.6 CM | $278.60 | $1,393.00 | $131.75–$1,114.40 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX SISD INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM | $279.67 | $1,398.36 | $739.73–$880.97 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX UCC ESLK RPR LAC INT SCLP/AXIL <2.5C | $279.67 | $1,398.36 | $142.00–$1,006.82 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 UCC ESLK RPR LAC INT SCLP/AXIL <2.5C | $279.67 | $1,398.36 | $142.00–$1,006.82 | 80% | — source file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX · (915) 521-7602 SISD INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM | $279.67 | $1,398.36 | $739.73–$880.97 | 80% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $54.58, median $68.50, highest $123.49 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $69.05. 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 3 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
An intermediate repair closes a deeper cut in layers, with stitches under the skin as well as on top, or cleans a heavily contaminated wound. This code is for up to 2.5 cm on the scalp, body, arms or legs.
What the price covers
The price covers the repair. The visit and supplies may be billed separately.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 12031 ($499.20). 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.
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXLAY CLS SC/AX/TR/EXT < 2.6 CM | $45.23 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXLAY CLS SC/AX/TR/EXT < 2.6 CM | $45.23 | file |
| University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXFAB INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM | $46.92 | file |
| University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXFAB INT S/A/T/EXT <2.5CM | $46.92 | file |