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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Colorado 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?

$9,076

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,076 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,318 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$759$661 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,318$5,370 to $15,849

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $23,988Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,549
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,318professional $759

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$27,542.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,288.25
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,884.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 11th of 50

$9,076

$759 physician + $8,318 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.