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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Indiana 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?

$2,231

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $93.33 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$93.33$81.28 to $123
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$490 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $105 to $5,129Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $72 to $162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $93

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
$72.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$6,309.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$123.03
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,089.30
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
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
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.96

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 4th of 51

$2,231

$93.33 physician + $2,138 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.