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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

South Carolina 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?

$977

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $126 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 $162
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$363 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $89 to $3,802Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $81 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $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
$81.28
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$114.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
6 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
$38.02
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 16th of 51

$977

$126 physician + $851 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.