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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

Massachusetts 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 July 2026.

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

$2,538

Typical total for the visit. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,538 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$676$407 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$417 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,129Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $676

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 10.4 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Massachusetts· 39th of 50

$2,538

$676 physician + $1,862 facility

IN $9,518WV $916

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.