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Removal of the Navel

New Mexico 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?

$4,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$646 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$2,042 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $794 to $13,183Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $174 to $977
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $794

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
$630.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 18th of 51

$4,030

$794 physician + $3,236 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.