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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 July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel cost?

$3,625

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,625 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$661 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,380 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $724 to $6,026Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $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
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,715.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$26,302.68
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 43rd of 50

$3,625

$741 physician + $2,884 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.