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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Nebraska 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?

$9,686

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,686 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$1,175$832 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$7,079 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $4,677 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $589 to $3,467
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $1,175

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
$7,079.46
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$9,772.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$19,054.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 9th of 50

$9,686

$1,175 physician + $8,511 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.