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Procedure price report · Excision of skin lesion

Armpit sweat gland removal with simple repair

CPT 11450the billing code this page is about

Removal of skin and underlying sweat gland tissue in the armpit for chronic sweat gland inflammation, closed with a simple or intermediate stitched repair.

Hospitals typically charge $1,600 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 932 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,130. Most fall between $531 and $5,061 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
932
States
49
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 932 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$380$604$1,600$4,439$7,765

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($380 vs $7,765).

How the prices are spread

$271 – $388: 51 hospitals$271$388 – $556: 96 hospitals$556 – $796: 131 hospitals$556$796 – $1,140: 93 hospitals$1,140 – $1,632: 51 hospitals$1,140$1,632 – $2,337: 37 hospitals$2,337 – $3,346: 108 hospitals$2,337$3,346 – $4,791: 118 hospitals$4,791 – $6,860: 89 hospitals$4,791$6,860 – $9,822: 66 hospitals$6,860median $1,600price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (840 of 932 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$271$38851
$388$55696
$556$796131
$796$1,14093
$1,140$1,63251
$1,632$2,33737
$2,337$3,346108
$3,346$4,791118
$4,791$6,86089
$6,860$9,82266

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,968
Median cash price$1,600
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.54×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,600.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $493 across 11 hospitalsME$493Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $824 across 25 hospitalsWA$824Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,356 across 26 hospitalsMN$1,356Illinois: median $991 across 32 hospitalsIL$991Wisconsin: median $903 across 39 hospitalsWI$903Michigan: median $604 across 40 hospitalsMI$604New York: median $2,968 across 58 hospitalsNY$2,968Massachusetts: median $4,259 across 18 hospitalsMA$4,259Oregon: median $908 across 27 hospitalsOR$908Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $991 across 31 hospitalsIA$991Indiana: median $469 across 17 hospitalsIN$469Ohio: median $2,737 across 32 hospitalsOH$2,737Pennsylvania: median $841 across 29 hospitalsPA$841New Jersey: median $3,819 across 35 hospitalsNJ$3,819Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,529 across 56 hospitalsCA$4,529Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,678 across 20 hospitalsCO$2,678Nebraska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $740 across 23 hospitalsMO$740Kentucky: median $453 across 10 hospitalsKY$453West Virginia: median $2,628 across 21 hospitalsWV$2,628Virginia: median $5,758 across 25 hospitalsVA$5,758Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $1,836 across 10 hospitalsAZ$1,836New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $648 across 29 hospitalsKS$648Arkansas: median $1,600 across 16 hospitalsAR$1,600Tennessee: median $1,175 across 17 hospitalsTN$1,175North Carolina: median $2,233 across 12 hospitalsNC$2,233South Carolina: median $8,066 across 14 hospitalsSC$8,066Oklahoma: median $510 across 16 hospitalsOK$510Louisiana: median $2,440 across 21 hospitalsLA$2,440Mississippi: median $2,483 across 18 hospitalsMS$2,483Alabama: median $2,796 across 13 hospitalsAL$2,796Georgia: median $5,551 across 31 hospitalsGA$5,551Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,261 across 38 hospitalsTX$3,261Florida: median $3,081 across 27 hospitalsFL$3,081
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,600. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC14$8,066+404%$4,649 – $11,525
Virginia VA25$5,758+260%$1,175 – $10,275
Georgia GA31$5,551+247%$365 – $9,969
California CA56$4,529+183%$1,937 – $9,822
Massachusetts MA18$4,259+166%$899 – $5,571
New Jersey NJ35$3,819+139%$3,171 – $5,339
Texas TX38$3,261+104%$967 – $4,504
Florida FL27$3,081+93%$2,443 – $5,960
New York NY58$2,968+86%$476 – $4,227
Alabama AL13$2,796+75%$1,091 – $5,677
Ohio OH32$2,737+71%$381 – $10,672
Colorado CO20$2,678+67%$530 – $7,621
West Virginia WV21$2,628+64%$456 – $10,317
Mississippi MS18$2,483+55%$531 – $4,397
Louisiana LA21$2,440+53%$1,075 – $4,708
North Carolina NC12$2,233+40%$2,023 – $5,007
Arizona AZ10$1,836+15%$415 – $3,565
Arkansas AR16$1,6000%$718 – $4,456
Minnesota MN26$1,356−15%$708 – $1,781
Tennessee TN17$1,175−27%$280 – $5,559
Iowa IA31$991−38%$610 – $991
Illinois IL32$991−38%$491 – $2,337
Oregon OR27$908−43%$728 – $1,263
Wisconsin WI39$903−44%$772 – $2,492
Pennsylvania PA29$841−47%$170 – $5,388
Washington WA25$824−49%$545 – $3,107
Missouri MO23$740−54%$484 – $3,147
Kansas KS29$648−59%$397 – $2,845
Michigan MI40$604−62%$496 – $3,994
Oklahoma OK16$510−68%$510 – $5,835
Maine ME11$493−69%$259 – $752
Indiana IN17$469−71%$442 – $1,060
Kentucky KY10$453−72%$366 – $577
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,600.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care667$2,999$580 – $5,834
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access252$772$447 – $2,388
Ownership
For-profit89$3,935$671 – $7,765
Government197$1,025$522 – $3,673
Non-profit645$1,600$518 – $4,960
System affiliation
Part of a system705$2,483$580 – $5,758
Independent227$827$471 – $3,175

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,612
Median cash price$1,600
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

517 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,287 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,023; most fall between $489 and $5,061.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 517 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$365$545$1,287$4,529$7,765

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($365 vs $7,765).

Of the 568 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 517 gave a usable cash price; 21 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 30 a list price only.

How complete is this

932 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,030 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted932
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded40
Hospitals that filed this code1,030

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Excision of skin lesion family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Excision Hidradenitis Axillary Smpl/Intrm Rpr.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Armpit sweat gland removal with simple repair (CPT 11450) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-11450-armpit-sweat-gland-removal-with-simple-repair