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Complex Repair After Underarm Sweat Gland Excision

Virginia 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?

$3,170

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,170 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$355 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,000 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $417 to $9,550Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $316 to $692
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $479

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
$549.54
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$645.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$977.24
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$676.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$660.69
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$758.58
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
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 12th of 51

$3,170

$479 physician + $2,692 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.