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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Tennessee 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?

$4,615

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,615 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$813$692 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,399 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $9,120Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $617 to $2,042
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $813

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
$870.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16,982.44
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$33,884.42
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 36th of 50

$4,615

$813 physician + $3,802 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.