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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Colorado 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?

$3,130

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,130 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$110$83.18 to $135
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,175 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $110 to $6,457Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $74 to $191
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $3,020professional $110

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
$109.65
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$213.80
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09

Where Colorado 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 feeColorado $3,130 · 9th 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.