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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

Maryland 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?

$490

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $347 to $813.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $468 to $2,399Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $316 to $724
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,288professional $380

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$707.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$954.99
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
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 36th of 51

$490

AK $1,585UT $380

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.