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Keyhole Sampling Of Deep Abdominal Lymph Nodes

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 38570

Keyhole surgery to take one or more lymph glands from the space behind the abdominal cavity, alongside the major blood vessels. A camera and instruments are passed through small incisions, the glands are found and removed, and they go to the laboratory for examination, which is charged separately. It is usually done to find out whether a cancer has spread.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Keyhole Sampling Of Deep Abdominal Lymph Nodes cost?

$2,597

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,597 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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$692$513 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$562 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $562 to $16,596Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $437 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $692

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
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$562.34
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,388.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$16,982.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 6.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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

West Virginia· 49th of 51

$2,597

$692 physician + $1,905 facility

WI $11,172MT $1,645

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.