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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Idaho 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?

$5,509

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,509 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$813 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,479 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $832 to $15,136Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,445
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $832

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$14,791.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$19,054.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 28th of 50

$5,509

$832 physician + $4,677 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.