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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Michigan 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?

$1,331

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,331 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 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$331$324 to $372
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$759 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,042Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $282 to $398
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $331

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
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$436.52
10 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
$144.54
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 29th of 51

$1,331

$331 physician + $1,000 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.