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Removal of a Cystic Hygroma From Neck or Armpit

Vermont rates for HCPCS 38550

Surgery to remove a cystic hygroma, a soft fluid-filled swelling of abnormal lymphatic channels that most often appears in the neck or the armpit. The swelling is separated from the surrounding tissue and lifted out through an incision made over it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Cystic Hygroma From Neck or Armpit cost?

$575

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $575 to $646.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,023
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Vermont· 48th of 51

$575

CA $5,623DE $513

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.