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Needle Sample Of A Lymph Node Near The Skin Surface

Oklahoma 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?

$2,417

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,417 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$126$89.13 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,000 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $174 to $6,457Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $81 to $182
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $126

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
$169.82
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 19th of 51

$2,417

$126 physician + $2,291 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.