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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Montana 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?

$318

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $318 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $132 to the doctor who performs it, and $186 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$132$97.72 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$186$132 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $186 · 10th to 90th $129 to $229Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $79 to $398
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $186professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$190.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$204.17
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$263.03

Where Montana 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 feeMontana $318 · 48th 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.