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Removal of the Navel

Rhode Island 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?

$3,543

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$661 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,622 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,762Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $562 to $977
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $724

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$870.96
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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 22nd of 51

$3,543

$724 physician + $2,818 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.