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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

North Carolina 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?

$2,149

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,149 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$324 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$513 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $339 to $7,762Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,660professional $490

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
$436.52
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$724.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$758.58
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 42nd of 50

$2,149

$490 physician + $1,660 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.