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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Florida 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?

$8,262

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,262 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$676$589 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$3,311 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $14,454Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $537 to $1,349
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $676

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
$1,148.15
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$23,442.29
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$676.08
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65

Where Florida 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

Florida· 15th of 50

$8,262

$676 physician + $7,586 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.