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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

New Jersey 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?

$4,574

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,574 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $107 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$107$79.43 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$2,291 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $145 to $10,233Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $72 to $269
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $4,467professional $107

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
$138.04
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$208.93

Where New Jersey 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 feeNew Jersey $4,574 · 2nd 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.