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Open Biopsy of Deep Neck Lymph Node

Arkansas 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?

$2,098

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,098 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$550$468 to $692
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,122 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $759 to $4,266Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $389 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $550

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
$549.54
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
6 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
$234.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$467.74

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 41st of 51

$2,098

$550 physician + $1,549 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.