Surgery and procedures CPT 12031 Outpatient

Layered stitches, up to 1 inch cost in St. Johnsbury, VT

In St. Johnsbury, VT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for layered stitches for a cut up to 2.5 cm, intermediate repair, scalp, body, arms or legs: from $205.50 to $205.50, with a median of $205.50. Across Vermont, the median is $291.27 at 7 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 12031, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$205.50Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital
Median$205.50half pay less
Highest$205.50in this market
Difference1.0×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 St. Johnsbury, VT.

median
Lowest $205.50Highest $525.75

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital lowest St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 LAYER CLOSURE OF WOUND(S) ~P $205.50 $274.00 $98.64–$274.00 25% —
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Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 LAYER CLOSURE OF WOUND(S) $219.00 $292.00 $105.88–$292.00 25% —
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Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 2LYR CLOS 2.5CM 12031~P $525.75 $701.00 $145.96–$665.95 25% —
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Outpatient: lowest $205.50, median $205.50, highest $205.50.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $205.50. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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.

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VTLAYER CLOSURE OF WOUND(S) ~T $13.50 file