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Complete Removal Of Neck Lymph Nodes

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 38720

Surgery to remove the full set of lymph nodes from one side of the neck, together with the surrounding fatty tissue they sit in. It is done when cancer has spread to neck nodes or is very likely to have done so. The nodes are sent to the laboratory to guide further treatment.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complete Removal Of Neck Lymph Nodes cost?

$7,561

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,561 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,884 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$2,884$2,455 to $3,311
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,820 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $11,482Professionalmedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $2,884

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
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,754.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$12,589.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,413.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$3,801.89

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Colorado than in Kentucky. 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· 7th of 51

$7,561

$2,884 physician + $4,677 facility

CO $13,477KY $2,607

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.