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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Arkansas 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?

$776

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $776 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $661 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$115$97.72 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$661$204 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $63 to $1,072Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $78 to $174
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $661professional $115

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
$97.72
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
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
$47.86
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.49

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 25th of 51

$776

$115 physician + $661 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.