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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

New Jersey 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?

$3,760

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,760 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$129$83.18 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,585 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $355 to $8,511Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $69 to $324
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $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
$338.84
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$389.05
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$8,317.64
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,511.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 3rd of 51

$3,760

$129 physician + $3,631 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.