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Open Biopsy of Deep Neck Lymph Node

Florida 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?

$2,463

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,463 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$380 to $631
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$1,175 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $794 to $12,303Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $129 to $933
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $468

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
$446.68
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$467.74
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$537.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
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
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$363.08

Where Florida 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

Florida· 32nd of 51

$2,463

$468 physician + $1,995 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.