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Open Biopsy of Deep Neck Lymph Node

Mississippi 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?

$2,058

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,058 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$646$468 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$871 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $676 to $4,786Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,047
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $646

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
$380.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,096.48
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
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$741.31

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$2,058

$646 physician + $1,413 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.