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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Indiana 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?

$6,567

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,567 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$646 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$2,344 to $10,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $25,119Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,754professional $813

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$28,183.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,606.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,511.38
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 7th of 51

$6,567

$813 physician + $5,754 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.