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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

South 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?

$5,738

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,738 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$363 to $562
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$617 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $363 to $16,218Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $324 to $871
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,248professional $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
$363.08
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$707.95

Where South 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

South Carolina· 11th of 50

$5,738

$490 physician + $5,248 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.