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Open Biopsy of Deep Neck Lymph Node

Illinois 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?

$3,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$631$501 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,230 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $646 to $5,888Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $427 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $631

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
$524.81
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,023.29
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,659.59
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,071.52
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
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 17th of 51

$3,201

$631 physician + $2,570 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.