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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy cost?

$691

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $691 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $302 to the doctor who performs it, and $389 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$302$182 to $447
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$389$141 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $115 to $5,888Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $107 to $550
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $389professional $302

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$371.54
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$676.08
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$831.76
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$676.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Connecticut than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 29th of 51

$691

$302 physician + $389 facility

CT $2,823WV $230

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.