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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Iowa 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?

$6,423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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$1,175$851 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$4,266 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,890
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,175

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
$933.25
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$15,848.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$19,054.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 20th of 50

$6,423

$1,175 physician + $5,248 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.