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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Nevada 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?

$4,019

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,019 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$708$646 to $832
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,754 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $646 to $10,233Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,467
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $708

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
$645.65
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$3,467.37
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 40th of 50

$4,019

$708 physician + $3,311 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.