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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures, hemic and lymphatic system

Limited removal of pelvic and aortic nodes for staging

CPT 38562the billing code this page is about

Open operation that removes a limited number of lymph nodes from the pelvis and alongside the aorta to determine how far a cancer has spread.

Hospitals typically charge $1,816 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 259 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,111. Most fall between $1,075 and $5,121 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
259
States
43
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 259 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$743$1,166$1,816$3,248$9,702

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($743 vs $9,702).

How the prices are spread

$459 – $640: 5 hospitals$459$640 – $892: 16 hospitals$892 – $1,244: 43 hospitals$892$1,244 – $1,736: 37 hospitals$1,736 – $2,420: 46 hospitals$1,736$2,420 – $3,375: 36 hospitals$3,375 – $4,707: 10 hospitals$3,375$4,707 – $6,564: 14 hospitals$6,564 – $9,154: 14 hospitals$6,564$9,154 – $12,766: 14 hospitals$9,154median $1,816price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (235 of 259 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$459$6405
$640$89216
$892$1,24443
$1,244$1,73637
$1,736$2,42046
$2,420$3,37536
$3,375$4,70710
$4,707$6,56414
$6,564$9,15414
$9,154$12,76614

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$8,350
Median cash price$1,816
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.22×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,816.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,109 across 10 hospitalsIL$1,109Wisconsin: median $2,729 across 20 hospitalsWI$2,729Michigan: median $1,816 across 26 hospitalsMI$1,816New York: median $2,116 across 22 hospitalsNY$2,116Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,693 across 12 hospitalsOR$1,693Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,748 across 18 hospitalsIA$1,748Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,841 across 10 hospitalsOH$2,841Pennsylvania: median $459 across 18 hospitalsPA$459New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,166 across 11 hospitalsOK$1,166Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,816. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+181%$3,986 – $6,311
Ohio OH10$2,841+56%$1,402 – $2,876
Wisconsin WI20$2,729+50%$2,729 – $20,013
New York NY22$2,116+17%$1,493 – $8,350
Michigan MI26$1,8160%$1,816 – $3,248
Iowa IA18$1,748−4%$1,748 – $2,043
Oregon OR12$1,693−7%$1,304 – $1,693
Oklahoma OK11$1,166−36%$1,166 – $1,166
Illinois IL10$1,109−39%$1,023 – $1,748
Pennsylvania PA18$459−75%$164 – $7,930
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,816.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care203$1,800$1,050 – $5,790
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access49$1,816$1,054 – $2,729
Ownership
For-profit21$2,729$1,023 – $5,862
Government38$1,788$1,048 – $5,821
Non-profit199$1,760$1,109 – $4,881
System affiliation
Part of a system204$1,816$1,048 – $5,399
Independent55$1,644$1,075 – $3,523

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,258
Median cash price$1,816
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

162 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,466 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,691; most fall between $1,002 and $2,729.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 162 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$697$1,023$1,466$2,714$3,248

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($697 vs $3,248).

Of the 180 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 162 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

259 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 308 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted259
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code308

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures, hemic and lymphatic system family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Lmtd Lmphadec Staging Spx Pel&Para-Aortic.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Limited removal of pelvic and aortic nodes for staging (CPT 38562) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38562-limited-removal-of-pelvic-and-aortic-nodes-for-staging