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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Utah 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?

$1,320

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,320 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $117 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$117$102 to $141
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$135 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $98 to $4,169Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $93 to $166
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $117

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
$97.72
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
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
$47.86
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.49

Where Utah 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

Utah· 10th of 51

$1,320

$117 physician + $1,202 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.