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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Florida 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?

$2,893

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,893 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $263 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$263$224 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,148 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $457 to $20,417Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $191 to $501
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $263

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
$645.65
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$489.78
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$11,748.98
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$524.81
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$25,703.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$575.44
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$257.04
5 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
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$28.84

Where Florida 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

Florida· 17th of 51

$2,893

$263 physician + $2,630 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.