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Removal of the Navel

New Jersey 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?

$4,228

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,228 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$513$457 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,399 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $9,333Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $380 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $513

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
$575.44
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$933.25
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,000.00
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$13,489.63
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
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
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$416.87

Where New Jersey 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 Jersey· 15th of 51

$4,228

$513 physician + $3,715 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.