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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

Michigan 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?

$1,788

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,788 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$100 to $191
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$646 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $214 to $3,631Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $78 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $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
$213.80
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$213.80

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$1,788

$129 physician + $1,660 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.