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Modified Radical Neck Lymph Node Removal

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 38724

Removes the lymph nodes from one side of the neck when cancer has spread to them or is likely to. Unlike the most extensive version of the operation, this one deliberately preserves major structures in the neck such as a large nerve, a muscle, and a major vein, which helps protect shoulder movement and appearance afterwards.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Modified Radical Neck Lymph Node Removal cost?

$4,039

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,039 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,698 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,122 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,818
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $1,950

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,570.40
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 10.1 times more in Maine than in Maryland. 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

Rhode Island· 37th of 51

$4,039

$1,950 physician + $2,089 facility

ME $27,746MD $2,744

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.