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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Montana 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?

$834

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $834 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $417 to the doctor who performs it, and $417 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$417$275 to $427
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$417$407 to $447

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $380 to $631Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $79 to $457
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $417

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$467.74
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$436.52
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$416.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$834

$417 physician + $417 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.