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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

Kentucky 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?

$1,826

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$347$263 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$692 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $407 to $4,169Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $240 to $550
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $347

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
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$691.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,754.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$691.83
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$338.84

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 43rd of 51

$1,826

$347 physician + $1,479 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.