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Removal of the Navel

Utah 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?

$5,565

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,565 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$437$347 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$2,089 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $759 to $9,120Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $55 to $708
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,129professional $437

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
$758.58
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,471.29
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$302.00
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$5,565

$437 physician + $5,129 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.