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Removal of a Cystic Hygroma From Neck or Armpit

Wyoming 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 October 2026.

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

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $4,074 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$1,096 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,074$3,020 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $2,455 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,318
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $1,096

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

Wyoming· 5th of 51

$1,318

AK $2,138UT $398

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.