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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Alabama 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?

$1,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $129 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$129$91.20 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$537 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $145 to $2,042Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $69 to $204
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,148professional $129

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
$100.00
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,584.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$181.97

Where Alabama 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 feeAlabama $1,277 · 32nd 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.