Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
PR OPEN BIOPSY/EXCISION INGUINOFEMORAL NODES
Boulder, CO
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Boulder Community Health’s median price of $800 is 80% below the median hospital's median price ($4.0k), higher than 13% of the 1,971 hospitals reporting CPT 38531. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 29 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Healthpartners managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $375 | $375 | — | — | — | $375 – $375 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · case rate · both | $433 | $433 | — | — | — | $433 – $433 |
| 3 | Anthem medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $433 | $433 | — | — | — | $433 – $433 |
| 4 | Devoted medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $433 | $433 | — | — | — | $433 – $433 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $433 | $433 | — | — | — | $433 – $433 |
| 6 | Kaiser medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $537 | $537 | — | — | — | $537 – $537 |
| 7 | Anthem commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $553 | $608 | $87 | 14% | — | $553 – $745 |
| 8 | Kaiser commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $685 | $685 | — | — | — | $685 – $685 |
| 9 | MultiPlan commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $693 | $693 | — | — | — | $693 – $693 |
| 10 | Phcs commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $693 | $693 | — | — | — | $693 – $693 |
| 11 | Cigna commercial professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $711 | $711 | — | — | — | $711 – $711 |
| 12 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $723 | $723 | — | — | — | $723 – $723 |
| 13 | Anthem managed care professional · fee schedule · both | $745 | $745 | — | — | — | $745 – $745 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $754 | $754 | — | — | — | $754 – $754 |
| 15 | Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $853 | $853 | — | — | — | $853 – $853 |
| 16 | Aetna ppo professional · fee schedule · both | $853 | $853 | — | — | — | $853 – $853 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $868 | $868 | — | — | — | $868 – $868 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $2.3k | $2.3k | $1.9k | 81% | — | $433 – $4.2k |
| 19 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 20 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.2k | $4.2k | — | — | — | $4.2k – $4.2k |
| 21 | Humana medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 23 | Kaiser medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | $21 | 0% | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 24 | Devoted medicare advantage facility · case rate · outpatient | $4.3k | $4.3k | — | — | — | $4.3k – $4.3k |
| 25 | Kaiser commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $9.1k | $9.1k | $1.1k | 12% | — | $8.0k – $10.2k |
Last updated: Sep 16, 2026
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