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Unlisted Keyhole Operation On The Spleen

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 38129

A keyhole operation on the spleen - performed through small punctures with a camera and long instruments - that has no standard named entry of its own. It is used when the work done does not match any established description, so the surgeon submits a written report of exactly what was performed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Keyhole Operation On The Spleen cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,570 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,570$2,570 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,344 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $832 to $9,772Professionalmedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $2,570
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $2,570

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
$2,187.76
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,238.72
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,232.93
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14,791.08
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$14,791.08
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$13,803.84
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,754.40
1 more rate 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
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 128.8 times more in Colorado 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.

Massachusetts· 36th of 51

$2,570

CO $10,233MT $79.43

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.