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Removal of the Navel

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal of the Navel cost?

$3,020

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,020 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $4,365.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,607
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,762.47
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 22.4 times more in West Virginia than in North Dakota. 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.

Louisiana· 30th of 50

$3,020

WV $12,882ND $575

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.