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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 July 2026.

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

$8,487

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,487 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$724$631 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$5,888 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $12,303Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $562 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $724

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
$2,454.71
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,621.81
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,096.48
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,302.69
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$26,915.35
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 14th of 50

$8,487

$724 physician + $7,762 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.