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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Nevada 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?

$1,543

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$97.72$79.43 to $117
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$309 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $60 to $4,365Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $74 to $162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,445professional $98

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
$79.43
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
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
$37.15
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$11.22

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 8th of 51

$1,543

$97.72 physician + $1,445 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.