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Thyroid Nodule 112-Gene Classifier

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 0026U

Helps determine whether a thyroid nodule is cancerous when the needle sample alone is not conclusive. It sequences 112 genes, reading them as both DNA and RNA, and reports a classification for the nodule.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Nodule 112-Gene Classifier cost?

$3,631

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,631 from a physician practice, and about $9,333 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,631$3,388 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,333$3,631 to $13,490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $26,303Professionalmedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $2,884 to $5,248
$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $3,631

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$33,884.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$26,302.68
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,964.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Nebraska. 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.

Minnesota· 16th of 51

$3,631

AK $8,128NE $2,399

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.