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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Rhode Island 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?

$4,127

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$776 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,622 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $832 to $7,762Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,230
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $891

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,623.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
3 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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$4,127

$891 physician + $3,236 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.