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Removal of the Navel

Arizona 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?

$3,233

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,233 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$603$550 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,259 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,918Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $501 to $4,365
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $603

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
$977.24
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$630.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$776.25
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
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$407.38

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 27th of 51

$3,233

$603 physician + $2,630 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.