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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

New Mexico 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?

$2,869

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,869 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$525$398 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,380 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $646 to $11,220Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $316 to $871
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $525

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
$316.23
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
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
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52

Where New Mexico 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

New Mexico· 17th of 51

$2,869

$525 physician + $2,344 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.