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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Arizona 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?

$815

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $815 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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$107$81.28 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$398 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $81 to $3,548Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $68 to $562
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $107

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
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
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
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.00

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 24th of 51

$815

$107 physician + $708 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.