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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Kentucky 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?

$325

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $95.50 to the doctor who performs it, and $229 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$95.50$75.86 to $138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$229$72.44 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $63 to $2,239Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $68 to $162
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $229professional $95

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
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$162.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$112.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$977.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.47

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$325

$95.50 physician + $229 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.