Face stitches, up to 1 inch cost in Utah
In Utah, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for stitches for a cut on the face up to 2.5 cm (1 inch), simple repair: from $174.01 to $511.21, with a median of $313.62. The lowest price is at Ashley Regional Medical Center (Noth Vernal). The highest price is 2.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $313.62, is 4% below the US median of $326.10.
- That is 1.5× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
- Utah ranks 21st of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 12011. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$174.01Ashley Regional Medical Center
Median$313.62half of hospitals charge less
Highest$511.21in Utah
Lowest saves$139.61vs the median
Hospitals in Utah, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Regional Medical Center lowest Noth Vernal · Vernal, UT Simple repair of superficial wounds of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips and/or mucous membranes; 2.5 cm or less | $174.01 | $290.01 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Moab Regional Moab · Moab, UT CLOS-SIMP, <2.5 CM, FACE, E,E, | $189.10 | $310.00 | May 21, 2026 source file |
| Castleview Hospital Price · Price, UT Simple repair of superficial wounds of face, ears, eyelids, nose, lips and/or mucous membranes; 2.5 cm or less | $313.62 | $570.21 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Uintah Basin Medical Center Roosevelt · Roosevelt, UT SIMPLE REPAIR OF SURFACE WOUND OF FACE; EARS; EYELIDS; NOSE; LIPS; OR MOUTH; 2.5 CM OR LESS | $328.50 | $365.00 | Apr 21, 2026 source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Repair Smpl Face/Ear/Lids | $511.21 | $730.30 | Aug 26, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moab, UT | 1 | $189.10 | $189.10 |
| Price, UT | 1 | $313.62 | $313.62 |
| Roosevelt, UT | 1 | $328.50 | $328.50 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 1 | $511.21 | $511.21 |
| Vernal, UT | 1 | $174.01 | $174.01 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What face stitches, up to 1 inch is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Face stitches, up to 1 inch explained.
Stitches for a cut on the face up to 2.5 cm (1 inch), simple repair in other states
- Alabama$222.30
- Alaska$467.00
- Arizona$1,567.00
- Arkansas$202.54
- California$660.40
- Colorado$361.90
- Connecticut$416.35
- Delaware$686.28
- District of Columbia$427.30, 3 hospitals
- Florida$484.25
- Georgia$354.30
- Hawaii$359.25
- Idaho$286.50
- Illinois$404.48
- Indiana$430.95
- Iowa$255.10
- Kansas$305.90
- Kentucky$274.80
- Louisiana$194.12
- Maine$166.50
- Maryland$594.37, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$870.59
- Michigan$236.00
- Minnesota$288.37
- Mississippi$183.60
- Missouri$255.00
- Montana$351.39
- Nebraska$238.73
- Nevada$427.80
- New Hampshire$241.02
- New Jersey$987.16
- New Mexico$339.55
- New York$378.00
- North Carolina$323.92
- North Dakota$292.23
- Ohio$317.25
- Oklahoma$184.80
- Oregon$340.54
- Pennsylvania$509.60
- Puerto Rico$238.50, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$443.28
- South Carolina$314.00
- South Dakota$457.60
- Tennessee$234.00
- Texas$385.92
- Vermont$458.89
- Virginia$377.00
- Washington$419.83
- West Virginia$288.50
- Wisconsin$309.40
- Wyoming$282.75
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.