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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Delaware 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?

$512

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $512 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $105 to the doctor who performs it, and $407 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$105$79.43 to $115
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$407$407 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,236Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $72 to $195
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $407professional $105

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
$245.47
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83

Where Delaware 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 feeDelaware $512 · 42nd 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.