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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

New Jersey 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?

$5,128

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$661$562 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,754 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $891 to $10,233Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $501 to $1,549
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $661

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
$501.19
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$22,908.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$549.54

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 14th of 51

$5,128

$661 physician + $4,467 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.