Surgery and procedures CPT 12031 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Layered stitches, up to 1 inch cost in Indianapolis, IN — inpatient

In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN, 3 hospitals list a cash price for layered stitches for a cut up to 2.5 cm, intermediate repair, scalp, body, arms or legs as an inpatient: from $285.00 to $1,462.50, with a median of $500.00. The lowest listed price is at Riverview Health — $215.00 less than the median here. Across Indiana, the median is $296.23 at 32 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 12031, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between May 5, 2026 and May 5, 2026.

Lowest$285.00Riverview Health
Median$500.00half pay less
Highest$1,462.50in this market
Difference5.1×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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN.

median
Lowest $285.00Highest $1,462.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Riverview Health lowest Noblesville, IN · (317) 773-0760 RVHH INT REP SC/AX/TR/EXT 2.5/< $285.00 $475.00 — 40% —
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Johnson Memorial Hospital Franklin, IN · (317) 736-3300 Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.5 cm or less $500.00 $625.00 $271.63–$713.92 20% May 5, 2026
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Eskenazi Health Indianapolis, IN · (317) 880-4818 HC IR Scalp/Axilla/Trunk/Ext<2.5c $1,462.50 $1,625.00 $430.00–$1,625.00 10% —
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Inpatient: lowest $285.00, median $500.00, highest $1,462.50 — a 5.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $329.56 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 2 of 2 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.