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Removal of a Pilonidal Cyst With Its Tunnels

Tennessee 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?

$2,706

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,706 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$479 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,349 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $851 to $4,898Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $417 to $4,467
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$501.19
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$831.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
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
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 23rd of 51

$2,706

$617 physician + $2,089 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.