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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy cost?

$1,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$123$89.13 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$562 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,413Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $78 to $204
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$40.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$20.42

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 9th of 51

$1,441

$123 physician + $1,318 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.