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Removal of the Navel

Colorado 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?

$6,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$676 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,162 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $12,589Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $794

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
$1,995.26
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,047.13
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,174.90
7 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
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$616.60

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$6,960

$794 physician + $6,166 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.