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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Kansas 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?

$1,737

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,737 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$115$93.33 to $145
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$513 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $120 to $6,457Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $78 to $174
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,622professional $115

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
$131.83
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83

Where Kansas 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 feeKansas $1,737 · 24th 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.