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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Alaska rates for HCPCS 38747

Removes the lymph nodes of the upper abdomen — those along the stomach, the liver's blood supply, and around the pancreas — during a larger cancer operation. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes cost?

$5,337

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,337 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,072$603 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,380 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $692 to $251,189Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,188
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $4,266professional $1,072

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
$1,412.54
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$912.01
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$251,188.64
Typical High
$346,736.85
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 32.0 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

Alaska· 10th of 51

$5,337

$1,072 physician + $4,266 facility

ME $26,674MT $834

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.