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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Indiana 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?

$10,572

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,572 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $339 to the doctor who performs it, and $10,233 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$339$269 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$10,233$2,239 to $19,953

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $692 to $25,704Professionalmedian $339 · 10th to 90th $234 to $490
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $339

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
$239.88
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$27,542.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
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
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 2nd of 51

$10,572

$339 physician + $10,233 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.