Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Removal Suture or Staple
Low
$0
Average
$925
Median
$265
High
$10.5k
Each hospital's average UnitedHealthcare rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
1398 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 192.7× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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2,103 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Harrison, AR fee schedule · inpatient | 1 | $12 | $12 | — | — | 261 | $12 – $12 |
| 2 | North Arkansas Regional Medical Center Harrison, AR fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $12 | $12 | — | — | 245 | $12 – $12 |
| 3 | Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort, SC professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $8 | $8 | — | — | 28 | $8 – $8 |
| 4 | Mishawaka Medical Center Mishawaka, IN professional · fee schedule · both | 3 | $12 | $14 | $4 | 28% | 23 | $10 – $19 |
| 5 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Chillicothe Chillicothe, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 16 | $193 | $167 | $58 | 35% | 6–60 | $20 – $195 |
| 6 | Saint Luke’s of Garnett Garnett, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 17 | $162 | $102 | $63 | 62% | 6–60 | $37 – $191 |
| 7 | Mercy Health Hackley Campus Muskogen, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $13 | $12 | $2 | 17% | 4–40 | $9 – $14 |
| 8 | Saint Luke’s of Allen County Iola, KS percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 16 | $111 | $72 | $47 | 65% | 4–40 | $26 – $191 |
| 9 | The Mercy Hospital Inc Springfield, MA professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $18 | $18 | $4 | 24% | 3–30 | $14 – $24 |
| 10 | Foley Hospital Company LLC Foley, AL facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $420 | $420 | $276 | 66% | 2–20 | $144 – $696 |
| 11 | Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale Ft. Lauderdale, FL professional · fee schedule · both | 4 | $14 | $13 | $3 | 20% | 2–20 | $9 – $15 |
| 12 | Laredo Texas Hospital Company LP Laredo, TX facility · other · outpatient | 4 | $82 | $83 | $28 | 33% | 2–20 | $55 – $116 |
| 13 | Las Cruces Medical Center LLC Las Cruces, NM facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $688 | $688 | — | — | 2–20 | $688 – $688 |
| 14 | Mercy Health Lakeshore Campus Shelby, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $11 | $10 | $1 | 11% | 2–20 | $9 – $11 |
| 15 | Mercy Health Saint Marys Rockford, MI professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 3 | $11 | $10 | $1 | 13% | 2–20 | $9 – $11 |
| 16 | Oro Valley Hospital LLC Tucson, AZ facility · other · outpatient | 3 | $722 | $692 | $65 | 9% | 2–20 | $601 – $752 |
| 17 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Trenton Trenton, MO case rate · both | 2 | $18 | $18 | $3 | 18% | 2–20 | $15 – $21 |
| 18 | Saint Luke’s Hospital of Trenton Trenton, MO percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 15 | $35 | $44 | $36 | 81% | 2–20 | $32 – $179 |
| 19 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $20 | $20 | $8 | 39% | 2–20 | $12 – $27 |
| 20 | Sioux Center Health Sioux Center, IA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $20 | $20 | $8 | 39% | 2–20 | $12 – $27 |
| 21 | Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA fee schedule · both | 1 | $56 | $56 | — | — | 2–20 | $56 – $56 |
| 22 | ACADIAN MEDICAL CENTER EUNICE, LA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $46 | $46 | — | — | 1–10 | $46 – $46 |
| 23 | Affinity Hospital LLC Birmingham, AL facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $530 | $460 | $86 | 19% | 1–10 | $354 – $530 |
| 24 | Avera Creighton Hospital Creighton, NE percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $12 | $12 | — | — | 1–10 | $12 – $12 |
| 25 | Banner Wyoming Medical Center Casper, WY facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $813 | $813 | $711 | 87% | 1–10 | $102 – $1.5k |
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