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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Minnesota 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?

$1,308

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,308 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$550$437 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$427 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,715Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $302 to $1,023
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759professional $550

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,148.15
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.30

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 33rd of 51

$1,308

$550 physician + $759 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.