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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 October 2026.

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

$1,612

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,612 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$479 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$468 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,266Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $741

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
$776.25
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$776.25
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,348.96
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,621.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,011.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,479.11
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$398.11
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
$120.23
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$549.54

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 49th of 51

$1,612

$741 physician + $871 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.