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Removal of a Urachal Cyst or Channel

Virginia 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?

$4,474

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,474 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$759$676 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$891 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $724 to $11,220Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,467
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $759

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
$724.44
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,148.15
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,318.26
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 37th of 50

$4,474

$759 physician + $3,715 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.