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Radical Vulvectomy With Groin Lymph Node Removal

Ohio rates for HCPCS 56637

Surgery for vulvar cancer that removes the whole vulva together with the deeper tissue beneath it, and also takes out the lymph nodes in the groin. Removing the nodes shows whether the cancer has spread and reduces the chance of it returning there. It is major surgery, often followed by reconstruction and sometimes by radiation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Radical Vulvectomy With Groin Lymph Node Removal cost?

$7,789

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,789 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,175 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$1,479 to $12,589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $692 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,239
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $1,479

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
$1,479.11
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,398.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,513.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,019.95
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,801.89
7 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
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Maine than in Kentucky. 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

Ohio· 21st of 51

$7,789

$1,479 physician + $6,310 facility

ME $24,477KY $3,991

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.