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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Utah 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?

$3,186

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,186 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $234 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$234$195 to $339
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$275 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $275 to $13,804Professionalmedian $234 · 10th to 90th $174 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $234

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
$275.42
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$562.34
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
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Utah 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

Utah· 15th of 51

$3,186

$234 physician + $2,951 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.