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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Missouri 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?

$2,942

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,942 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $372 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$372$288 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,096 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $468 to $9,772Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,230
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $372

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
$302.00
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$407.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$616.60
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
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 16th of 51

$2,942

$372 physician + $2,570 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.