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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 51500

Surgery to remove a leftover channel or cyst running between the top of the bladder and the navel, a structure that normally seals shut before birth. It is taken out when it becomes infected, drains fluid at the belly button, or causes pain. A hernia at the navel can be repaired during the same operation if one is present.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel cost?

$2,596

Typical total for the visit. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,596 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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$776$603 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,514 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $851 to $6,310Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,072
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 21.1 times more in West Virginia than in North Dakota. 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

Arkansas· 46th of 50

$2,596

$776 physician + $1,820 facility

WV $39,629ND $1,876

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.