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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy cost?

$252

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $252 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $120 to the doctor who performs it, and $132 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$120$105 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$132$112 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $112 to $229Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $79 to $186
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $132professional $120

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$252

$120 physician + $132 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.