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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Missouri 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?

$3,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$912$741 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,318 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,943Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,820
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,692professional $912

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
$1,698.24
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,122.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,365.16
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$363.08
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$524.81

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 31st of 51

$3,604

$912 physician + $2,692 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.