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Other Surgery On The Lymph Or Blood-Forming System

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS 38999

Covers an operation on the spleen, the lymph nodes and lymph channels, or the blood-forming tissues, that has no standard named entry of its own. The surgeon submits a written report describing exactly what was done so the insurer can price it against comparable named operations.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Other Surgery On The Lymph Or Blood-Forming System cost?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56,234 from a physician practice, and about $603 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56,234$1,072 to $58,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$126 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $68 to $4,467Professionalmedian $56,234 · 10th to 90th $661 to $58,884
$100$1K$10Kfacility $603professional $56,234

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
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$6,165.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58,884.37
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$58,884.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$10,715.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,412.54
2 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
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$43,651.58
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 190.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Hawaii. 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.

Pennsylvania· 31st of 51

$676

OK $5,623HI $29.51

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.