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Tying Off The Main Lymph Duct Through The Abdomen

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 38382

Ties or stitches closed the body's main lymph-fluid channel to stop lymph leaking out of it, reached through an incision in the abdomen. A leak of this fluid can pour into the chest or abdomen and cause breathlessness, swelling, and loss of protein and nutrients. It is done under general anesthesia when drainage and dietary measures have not stopped the leak.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tying Off The Main Lymph Duct Through The Abdomen cost?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,023 from a physician practice, and about $7,413 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,023$676 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,413$4,898 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,413 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $646 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,413professional $1,023

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
$1,288.25
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,995.26
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 11.2 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Connecticut· 8th of 51

$1,380

CA $7,586DE $676

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.