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Removal of the Navel

Iowa 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?

$4,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$1,259$832 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,549 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,820
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,162professional $1,259

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
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,388.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,380.38
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
$269.15
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$4,421

$1,259 physician + $3,162 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.