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Open Biopsy of Deep Neck Lymph Node

Alabama rates for HCPCS 38510

A surgeon makes an incision to access and remove a lymph node located deep in the neck for examination under a microscope. This helps determine whether the node shows signs of infection, inflammation, or cancer. Because the node lies deeper in the tissue, this requires a more involved surgical approach than sampling a node just under the skin.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Open Biopsy of Deep Neck Lymph Node cost?

$4,731

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,731 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$457 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,514 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $813 to $4,266Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $372 to $813
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,169professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Wisconsin than in West Virginia. 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

Alabama· 8th of 51

$4,731

$562 physician + $4,169 facility

WI $6,411WV $1,178

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.