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Removal of the Navel

Alaska rates for HCPCS 49250

Surgical removal of the navel and the tissue immediately around it. It is done for a persistent growth, cyst, infection or other abnormality of the navel that will not settle with other treatment. The abdominal wall is closed afterwards, leaving a flat scar where the navel was.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of the Navel cost?

$6,556

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,556 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,089 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$2,089$871 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$3,548 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,692 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,090
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $2,089

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,819.70
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,897.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,548.13
12 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
$288.40
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Oklahoma 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

Alaska· 4th of 51

$6,556

$2,089 physician + $4,467 facility

OK $7,771MT $1,932

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.