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Removal of the Navel

Virginia 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?

$5,011

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,011 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$575 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,549 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,965Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $537 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $646

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
$691.83
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$501.19
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$870.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$741.31
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$489.78

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 9th of 51

$5,011

$646 physician + $4,365 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.