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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

Iowa rates for HCPCS 11451

This procedure removes affected skin and underlying tissue from the armpit in a person with hidradenitis suppurativa, a chronic condition causing painful lumps and tunnels in sweat-gland-bearing skin, and then closes the wound using a complex repair technique. A complex closure is used when the wound is large, irregular, or otherwise cannot be closed with a simple stitched line, often requiring rearrangement of nearby tissue. It addresses more extensive disease than a basic excision and closure would.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision cost?

$2,946

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,946 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$562 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,122 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $794 to $6,918Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $759

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,380.38
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$912.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,760.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Colorado than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Iowa· 16th of 51

$2,946

$759 physician + $2,188 facility

CO $6,438MT $1,226

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.