Layered stitches, up to 1 inch cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 10 hospitals list a cash price for layered stitches for a cut up to 2.5 cm, intermediate repair, scalp, body, arms or legs: from $82.82 to $19,753.69, with a median of $295.04. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo — $212.22 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $244.40 at 52 hospitals.
- The median here, $295.04, is 43% below the US median of $516.00.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($415.32).
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 12031, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 24, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 30, 2025 and Sep 21, 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 Jackson, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo lowest Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 HC ED 12031-LAYER CLOSURE OF WOUND File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $82.82 | $202.00 | $65.25–$1,137.92 | 59% |
| Holmes County Hospital and Clinics Lexington, MS · (662) 834-1321 HC RPR INTERM WND S/AX/T/EXT 2.5 < CM File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $180.80 | $452.00 | $262.16–$452.00 | 60% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 HC ED 12031-LAYER CLOSURE OF WOUND File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $208.95 | $995.00 | $362.71–$1,075.20 | 79% |
| Simpson General Hospital Cah Mendenhall, MS · (601) 847-2221 Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.5 cm or less File of Apr 30, 2025 · source file | $228.90 | $327.00 | $127.53–$940.93 | 30% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC INT REP S/A/T/EX 2.5CM/< File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $236.88 | $376.00 | $137.59–$1,150.00 | 37% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 12031 INTERMEDIATE REPAIR OF WOUND OF SCALP File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $353.20 | $883.00 | $317.97–$917.57 | 60% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 12031 INTERMEDIATE REPAIR OF WOUND OF SCALP File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $353.20 | $883.00 | $196.03–$883.00 | 60% |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest, MS · (601) 469-4151 Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.5 cm or less File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $584.00 | $584.00 | $100.00–$525.60 | — |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest, MS · (601) 469-4151 Intermediate repair of wound of scalp, underarms, trunk, arms, or legs, 2.5 cm or less File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $727.00 | $727.00 | $162.00–$713.28 | — |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 LAYER CLOSURE OF WOUND(S) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $13,007.84 | $72,265.76 | $224.44–$65,039.18 | 82% |
| Merit Health Womans Hospital Flowood, MS LAYER CLOSURE OF WOUND(S) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $19,753.69 | $94,065.17 | $224.44–$79,955.39 | 79% |
Outpatient: lowest $82.82, median $295.04, highest $19,753.69 — a 238.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $228.90. 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 9 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 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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