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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Missouri 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?

$1,808

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $110 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$110$85.11 to $151
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$933 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $129 to $4,677Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $72 to $331
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,698professional $110

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
$100.00
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$181.97

Where Missouri 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 feeMissouri $1,808 · 22nd 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.