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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Nebraska 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?

$3,722

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,722 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,548 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$174$110 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,548$1,622 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $240 to $13,490Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $78 to $537
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,548professional $174

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$602.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03

Where Nebraska 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 feeNebraska $3,722 · 5th 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.