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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

Virginia 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?

$1,273

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,273 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $97.72 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$97.72$79.43 to $126
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$209 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $89 to $4,786Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $72 to $178
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $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
$89.13
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$109.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
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
$38.02
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.59

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 13th of 51

$1,273

$97.72 physician + $1,175 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.