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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

Kansas 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?

$2,079

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,079 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$89.13 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$794 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $170 to $5,754Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $79 to $263
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $129

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
$199.53
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$263.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$245.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 25th of 51

$2,079

$129 physician + $1,950 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.