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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Iowa 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?

$705

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $705 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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$204$148 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$186 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $91 to $3,890Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $105 to $331
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $204

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
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$562.34
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$257.04
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
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.47

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 28th of 51

$705

$204 physician + $501 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.