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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

Nebraska 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?

$2,387

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,387 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$200$83.18 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$813 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $178 to $8,511Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $69 to $617
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $200

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
$346.74
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$724.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 20th of 51

$2,387

$200 physician + $2,188 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.