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Removal of the Navel

New Hampshire 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?

$4,289

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,289 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$977$724 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,291 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $6,310Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $977

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
$588.84
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,548.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,677.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$281.84
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78

Where New Hampshire 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

New Hampshire· 14th of 51

$4,289

$977 physician + $3,311 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.