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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 October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy cost?

$867

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $867 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $741 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$126$100 to $174
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$741$120 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $87 to $3,890Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $68 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $741professional $126

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
$102.33
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$269.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$933.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$10.23

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$867

$126 physician + $741 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.