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Thyroid Core Needle Biopsy

West 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?

$230

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $230 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $115 to the doctor who performs it, and $115 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$115$89.13 to $186
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$115$83.18 to $437

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,230Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $71 to $269
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $115professional $115

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$104.71
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$977.24
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$269.15
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
$44.67
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.47

Where West 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

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$230

$115 physician + $115 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.