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Dye Injection For Lymph Vessel Imaging

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 38790

Covers injecting a contrast dye into a lymph vessel so the lymph channels and the glands they drain into show up on X-ray pictures. A tiny vessel, often in the foot or hand, has to be found and cannulated first, which is the demanding part of the work. The pictures are used to map lymph drainage or to find a leak or blockage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Dye Injection For Lymph Vessel Imaging cost?

$1,259

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $513 to $2,692.

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 $1,259 · 10th to 90th $110 to $3,467
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,259

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$851.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 67.6 times more in New Jersey than in West Virginia. 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.

Louisiana· 21st of 49

$1,259

NJ $5,370WV $79.43

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.