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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Tennessee 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?

$1,041

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,041 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $380 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$380$282 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$151 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $100 to $3,236Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,266
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $661professional $380

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$588.84
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
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$33.11

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 43rd of 51

$1,041

$380 physician + $661 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.