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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

South 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?

$1,202

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $331 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$331$269 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$525 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $331 to $8,511Professionalmedian $331 · 10th to 90th $229 to $468
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $871professional $331

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
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$537.03
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
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$93.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07

Where South 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

South Carolina· 37th of 51

$1,202

$331 physician + $871 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.