go back

Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Iowa 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?

$1,634

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,634 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$407 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$603 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,607Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $295 to $813
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $537

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
$407.38
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$562.34

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 23rd of 51

$1,634

$537 physician + $1,096 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.