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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy cost?

$958

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $958 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $832 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$126$112 to $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$832$200 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $65 to $2,239Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $89 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $832professional $126

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
$144.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$177.83
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
$38.02
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$16.98

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 18th of 51

$958

$126 physician + $832 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.