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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Hawaii 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 October 2026.

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

$2,614

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$646 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,549 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $5,495Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $30 to $5,888
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $794

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Wisconsin 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

Hawaii· 48th of 51

$2,614

$794 physician + $1,820 facility

WI $10,170MT $2,000

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.