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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Illinois 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?

$1,406

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,406 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$117$89.13 to $178
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$813 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $129 to $3,548Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $74 to $219
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $1,288professional $117

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
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78

Where Illinois 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 feeIllinois $1,406 · 28th 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.