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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 October 2026.

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

$4,019

Typical total for the visit. In Nevada, October 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$617 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,660 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $6,761Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,072
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $708

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
$812.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,000.00
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$851.14
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 25th of 51

$4,019

$708 physician + $3,311 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.