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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

North Dakota 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?

$1,876

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,876 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$1,230$646 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$646 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,622
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $1,230

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
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 50th of 50

$1,876

$1,230 physician + $646 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.