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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Oregon 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?

$2,434

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,434 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$851 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,072 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $813 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,950
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $1,175

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
$1,584.89
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,698.24
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,737.80
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$19,054.61
Typical High
$22,908.68
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 48th of 50

$2,434

$1,175 physician + $1,259 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.