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Chest Lymph Node Removal With Another Operation

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 38746

Removal of the lymph nodes in the chest, including those along the windpipe and in the space between the lungs, so they can be examined under a microscope. It is carried out during a larger chest operation rather than on its own, and is billed in addition to that main procedure. What the nodes show tells the care team whether disease has travelled beyond where it started.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chest Lymph Node Removal With Another Operation cost?

$911

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $911 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$234$209 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$417 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $209 to $6,166Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $191 to $417
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $676professional $234

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
$208.93
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$43.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$28,183.83
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$346.74
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$457.09
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$32.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 40.6 times more in Maine 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

Pennsylvania· 45th of 51

$911

$234 physician + $676 facility

ME $27,217MT $670

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.