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Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Washington 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 July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Upper Abdominal Lymph Nodes cost?

$589

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $589 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $490 to $759.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $331 to $11,482
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $589

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$18,620.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$524.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 87.1 times more in Maine than in North Dakota. 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.

Washington· 41st of 50

$589

ME $22,387ND $257

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.