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Removal of the Navel

Tennessee 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?

$3,355

Typical total for the visit. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$724$617 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,660 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $5,754Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,012
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
7 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
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$549.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$3,355

$724 physician + $2,630 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.