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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Oklahoma 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?

$7,769

Typical total for the visit. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$851$692 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$2,692 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $955 to $14,791Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $603 to $19,055
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,918professional $851

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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 4th of 51

$7,769

$851 physician + $6,918 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.