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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Mississippi 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?

$617

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $479 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$97.72 to $214
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$479$282 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $56 to $1,585Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $76 to $257
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $479professional $138

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
$69.18
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$239.88

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 33rd of 51

$617

$138 physician + $479 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.