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Open Biopsy of Deep Neck Lymph Node

Oklahoma 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?

$4,868

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,868 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$501 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,148 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $603 to $11,482Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $417 to $3,311
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $603

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
$602.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,182.57
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$776.25
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
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$354.81

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 6th of 51

$4,868

$603 physician + $4,266 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.