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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Nevada 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?

$3,593

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,593 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$282$245 to $355
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$741 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $468 to $10,965Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $224 to $479
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $282

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
$245.47
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$14,125.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$6,309.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$436.52
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
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
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.12

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 13th of 51

$3,593

$282 physician + $3,311 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.