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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

North Dakota 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?

$2,075

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,075 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $170 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$170$123 to $302
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$126 to $2,089

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $71 to $2,344Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $72 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $170

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
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 26th of 51

$2,075

$170 physician + $1,905 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.