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Removal of the Navel

Minnesota 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?

$3,198

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,198 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$1,202$933 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,072 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $550 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $575 to $2,239
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $1,202

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
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,344.23
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,137.96
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 29th of 51

$3,198

$1,202 physician + $1,995 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.