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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Georgia 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?

$1,574

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,574 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$372$309 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$646 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,913Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $251 to $631
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,202professional $372

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
$251.19
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$741.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$12,302.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$741.31
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$891.25
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$630.96
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
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.20

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 24th of 51

$1,574

$372 physician + $1,202 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.