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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Massachusetts 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?

$1,391

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,391 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$132$91.20 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$87.10 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $81 to $3,715Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $76 to $339
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,259professional $132

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
$81.28
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$302.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,890.45
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$309.03

Where Massachusetts 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 feeMassachusetts $1,391 · 29th 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.