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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Oregon 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?

$380

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $166 to the doctor who performs it, and $214 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$166$126 to $219
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$214$162 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $120 to $2,291Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $102 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $214professional $166

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
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$302.00
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$6,606.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$218.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$660.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,818.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
10 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
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$77.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$23.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$15.49

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 43rd of 51

$380

$166 physician + $214 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.