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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

Minnesota 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?

$1,471

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,471 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$269$155 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$490 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $186 to $4,898Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $102 to $617
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $269

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
$87.10
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$17,378.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$741.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 40th of 51

$1,471

$269 physician + $1,202 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.