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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

South Dakota 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?

$1,321

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,321 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$427 to $603
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$355 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,202Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $257 to $708
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $759professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$707.95
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 31st of 51

$1,321

$562 physician + $759 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.