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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy cost?

$1,240

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$117$95.50 to $155
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$355 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $79 to $3,890Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $79 to $562
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $117

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
$95.50
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$186.21
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
$33.11
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.22

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 14th of 51

$1,240

$117 physician + $1,122 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.