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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Alaska rates for HCPCS 60100

A procedure in which a needle is inserted through the skin of the neck to remove a small core of tissue from the thyroid gland. It is used to evaluate a thyroid nodule or lump and determine whether it is benign or requires further treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy cost?

$478

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $209 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$120 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$209$117 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $87 to $2,512Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $79 to $589
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $209professional $269

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$575.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$741.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$602.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$676.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 23.4 times more in Connecticut than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeAlaska $478 · 44th of 50
CT $4,709MD $201

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.