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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

New Mexico 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?

$8,557

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,557 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$676 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$2,042 to $12,303

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $912 to $17,378Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,479
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $794

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
$912.01
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,197.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$912.01
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 13th of 50

$8,557

$794 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.