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Removal of a Pilonidal Cyst With Its Tunnels

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 11771

Removes a pilonidal cyst and the tunnels running under the skin at the top of the buttock crease, taking more tissue than a simple cyst removal because the tracts extend further. The wound may be stitched closed or left open to heal gradually from the base. It is done for a cyst that keeps becoming infected or draining.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of a Pilonidal Cyst With Its Tunnels cost?

$2,238

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,238 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$617$490 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$891 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,074Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,622professional $617

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
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,148.15
8 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
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Colorado 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· 35th of 51

$2,238

$617 physician + $1,622 facility

CO $6,580WV $1,277

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.