Surgery and procedures CPT 12031 Outpatient

Layered stitches, up to 1 inch cost in Lubbock, TX

In Lubbock, TX, 5 hospitals list a cash price for layered stitches for a cut up to 2.5 cm, intermediate repair, scalp, body, arms or legs: from $73.50 to $866.88, with a median of $866.88. The lowest listed price is at Methodist Hospital Levelland — $793.38 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $705.58 at 90 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$73.50Methodist Hospital Levelland
Median$866.88half pay less
Highest$866.88in this market
Difference11.8×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 Lubbock, TX.

median
Lowest $73.50Highest $1,016.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Methodist Hospital Levelland lowest Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC PR 12031 REPAIR INTERMEDIATE SCLP/AXL/TRK/EXTM LTE 2.5 CM RHC $73.50 $175.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC ED INTMD WND REPAIR S/TR/EXT UP TO 2.5CM CDM $316.68 $754.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Noncdm Charge Record $386.00 $386.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC ED INTMD WND REPAIR S/TR/EXT UP TO 2.5CM CDM $866.88 $2,064.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC ED INTMD WND REPAIR S/TR/EXT UP TO 2.5CM CDM $866.88 $2,064.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC ED INTMD WND REPAIR S/TR/EXT UP TO 2.5CM CDM $866.88 $2,064.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Repair Intermed =<2.5Cm $965.00 $965.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Repair Intermed =<2.5Cm (Uc) $1,016.00 $1,016.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $73.50, median $866.88, highest $866.88 — a 11.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $866.88. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.