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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Kentucky 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?

$1,127

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $275 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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$275$251 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$389 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $245 to $11,220Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $224 to $447
$100$1K$10Kfacility $851professional $275

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
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,888.44
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$63.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$467.74
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
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 40th of 51

$1,127

$275 physician + $851 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.