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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

California 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?

$5,932

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,932 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $309 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$309$269 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,096 to $14,454

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $537 to $50,119Professionalmedian $309 · 10th to 90th $229 to $3,162
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $5,623professional $309

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
$933.25
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,882.50
Typical High
$26,302.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$977.24
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$707.95
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$707.95
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$660.69
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$151,356.12
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$707.95
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
8 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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$25.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$89.13

Where California 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

California· 6th of 51

$5,932

$309 physician + $5,623 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.