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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

North Carolina 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?

$1,310

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,310 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$331 to $550
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$490 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $282 to $7,244Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $269 to $676
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $832professional $479

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$1,310

$479 physician + $832 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.