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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Idaho 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?

$1,093

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,093 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $676 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$417$363 to $457
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$676$457 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,514Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $288 to $490
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $676professional $417

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
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$4,466.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44
19 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
$141.25
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 41st of 51

$1,093

$417 physician + $676 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.