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Removal of the Navel

Florida 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?

$2,834

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,834 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $490 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$490$437 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,514 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $12,023Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $85 to $912
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $490

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
$776.25
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
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
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68

Where Florida 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

Florida· 38th of 51

$2,834

$490 physician + $2,344 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.