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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Montana 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?

$1,935

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,935 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$708 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$1,096 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $16,596Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,585
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,122professional $813

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,071.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Montana 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

Montana· 49th of 50

$1,935

$813 physician + $1,122 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.