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Removal of the Navel

North Dakota 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?

$3,117

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,117 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$794 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$575 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,236Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $575 to $1,514
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,995professional $1,122

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
3 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
$275.42
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 30th of 51

$3,117

$1,122 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.