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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

Indiana 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?

$3,875

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,875 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$316 to $490
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,413 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $617 to $14,125Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $269 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $407

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
$275.42
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$512.86
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,168.69
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$724.44
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
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 8th of 51

$3,875

$407 physician + $3,467 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.