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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

Florida rates for HCPCS 38505

A needle is used to take a tissue sample from a lymph node located close to the skin surface, such as one in the neck, groin, or armpit, to check for infection, inflammation, or cancer. It is a less invasive alternative to open surgical removal of the node.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface cost?

$3,356

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,356 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$120$81.28 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,445 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $646 to $8,913Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $63 to $288
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $120

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
$645.65
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$162.18
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$269.15
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,549.93
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$234.42
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 15.0 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Florida· 8th of 51

$3,356

$120 physician + $3,236 facility

CA $4,615DE $307

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.