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Drainage Of An Extensive Lymph Node Infection

Montana rates for HCPCS 38305

This service surgically drains an infected or abscessed lymph node, addressing a more extensive infection than a straightforward drainage procedure would involve. The surgeon opens the area, removes the pus and infected material, and allows the site to heal or be closed as appropriate. It is used when swelling and infection have spread beyond a single, well-contained pocket.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drainage Of An Extensive Lymph Node Infection cost?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $741 from a physician practice, and about $851 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$741$513 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$851$832 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,995Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $79 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $741

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$954.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$891.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Montana· 22nd of 51

$794

AK $2,042UT $372

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.