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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

Mississippi 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?

$1,033

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $141 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$141$97.72 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$457 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,090Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $71 to $302
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $141

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
$70.79
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$338.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 46th of 51

$1,033

$141 physician + $891 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.