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

Keyhole pelvic node removal plus aortic node sampling

CPT 38572the billing code this page is about

Through small abdominal incisions with a camera, lymph nodes are removed from both sides of the pelvis and one or more nodes near the aorta are sampled.

Hospitals typically charge $5,848 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 368 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $6,993. Most fall between $1,549 and $13,784 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
368
States
43
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 368 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
$1,119$1,893$5,848$12,320$23,341

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 21× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,119 vs $23,341).

How the prices are spread

$937 – $1,345: 32 hospitals$937$1,345 – $1,933: 46 hospitals$1,933 – $2,776: 42 hospitals$1,933$2,776 – $3,988: 10 hospitals$3,988 – $5,728: 31 hospitals$3,988$5,728 – $8,228: 21 hospitals$8,228 – $11,818: 71 hospitals$8,228$11,818 – $16,976: 51 hospitals$16,976 – $24,385: 12 hospitals$16,976$24,385 – $35,028: 16 hospitals$24,385median $5,848price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (332 of 368 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$937$1,34532
$1,345$1,93346
$1,933$2,77642
$2,776$3,98810
$3,988$5,72831
$5,728$8,22821
$8,228$11,81871
$11,818$16,97651
$16,976$24,38512
$24,385$35,02816

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$10,860
Median cash price$5,848
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.54×

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 $5,848.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,640 across 14 hospitalsIL$1,640Wisconsin: median $11,484 across 20 hospitalsWI$11,484Michigan: median $2,342 across 30 hospitalsMI$2,342New York: median $12,320 across 44 hospitalsNY$12,320Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,274 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,274Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,056 across 14 hospitalsOH$4,056Pennsylvania: median $2,253 across 20 hospitalsPA$2,253New Jersey: median $11,378 across 29 hospitalsNJ$11,378Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,932 across 29 hospitalsCA$8,932Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $961 across 12 hospitalsWV$961Virginia: 2 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,485 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,485Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceHITexas: median $9,372 across 20 hospitalsTX$9,372Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,848. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New York NY44$12,320+111%$2,590 – $13,784
Wisconsin WI20$11,484+96%$5,446 – $11,484
New Jersey NJ29$11,378+95%$5,110 – $13,753
Texas TX20$9,372+60%$9,372 – $10,593
California CA29$8,932+53%$8,665 – $8,932
Ohio OH14$4,056−31%$2,327 – $48,568
Michigan MI30$2,342−60%$1,540 – $11,484
Iowa IA16$2,274−61%$2,274 – $2,274
Pennsylvania PA20$2,253−61%$554 – $17,602
Illinois IL14$1,640−72%$1,336 – $76,311
Oklahoma OK13$1,485−75%$1,485 – $21,226
West Virginia WV12$961−84%$958 – $3,229
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $5,848.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care321$6,644$1,641 – $13,784
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access40$2,342$1,336 – $11,484
Ownership
For-profit30$5,200$1,336 – $16,342
Government39$6,831$1,693 – $14,349
Non-profit297$5,848$1,549 – $13,753
System affiliation
Part of a system313$6,839$1,549 – $13,784
Independent55$2,626$1,532 – $13,044

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,040
Median cash price$5,848
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

191 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,818 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,488; most fall between $1,485 and $10,593.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 191 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
$1,193$1,604$2,818$9,372$11,484

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,193 vs $11,484).

Of the 210 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 191 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 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

368 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 397 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted368
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code397

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Laps Bi Tot Pel Lmphadec & Pri-Aortic Lymph Bx 1.

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, “Keyhole pelvic node removal plus aortic node sampling (CPT 38572) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-38572-keyhole-pelvic-node-removal-plus-aortic-node-sampling