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Tying Off a Leaking Main Lymph Channel

Indiana rates for HCPCS 38380

Surgery to tie off the thoracic duct, the body's main lymph channel, when it has been injured and is leaking. Sealing it stops milky lymph fluid from collecting where it does not belong, and the fluid finds its way back to the bloodstream through smaller channels instead. It is done as an open operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tying Off a Leaking Main Lymph Channel cost?

$12,023

Typical facility fee. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12,023 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $7,762 to $16,982.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,023 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $18,621
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $12,023

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
$831.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,897.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$18,620.87
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 25.7 times more in Maine than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Indiana $12,023 · 2nd of 50
ME $14,454WV $562

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.