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Open Biopsy of Deep Neck Lymph Node

Kansas 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?

$4,030

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,030 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$562$525 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,230 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,012Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $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
$851.14
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$912.01
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
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 10th of 51

$4,030

$562 physician + $3,467 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.