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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Michigan 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?

$5,639

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,639 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$631 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$3,236 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $832 to $8,710Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $562 to $955
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $741

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
$812.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,918.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,047.13
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 27th of 50

$5,639

$741 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.