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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Kansas 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?

$5,769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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$871$724 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,818 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $10,471Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,259
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $871

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
$1,949.84
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 26th of 50

$5,769

$871 physician + $4,898 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.