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Staging Removal of Pelvic and Abdominal Nodes

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 38562

Removes a limited set of lymph nodes from the pelvis and from alongside the main artery at the back of the abdomen so they can be examined for cancer cells. The purpose is to find out how far a cancer has spread rather than to treat the cancer itself. What is found guides the treatment recommended next.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Staging Removal of Pelvic and Abdominal Nodes cost?

$7,044

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,044 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$1,549$1,259 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,020 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,138
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $1,549

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
$645.65
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$17,782.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$8,317.64
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Wisconsin than in Texas. 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

Nebraska· 9th of 51

$7,044

$1,549 physician + $5,495 facility

WI $12,011TX $1,687

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.