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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy cost?

$769

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $769 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $123 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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$123$97.72 to $166
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$112 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $85 to $2,455Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $78 to $214
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $123

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
$91.20
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78
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
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 26th of 51

$769

$123 physician + $646 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.