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Removal of a Pilonidal Cyst With Its Tunnels

New Jersey 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?

$3,233

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,233 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$372 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,622 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,128Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $302 to $891
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $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
$380.19
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$891.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,122.02
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$10,964.78
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$812.83
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
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 13th of 51

$3,233

$479 physician + $2,754 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.