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Thyroid Removal, One Full Lobe and Part of the Other

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 60225

Surgery that removes one entire lobe of the thyroid gland plus most of the other lobe. Removal of the isthmus, the bridge of tissue connecting the two lobes, is included in the service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Removal, One Full Lobe and Part of the Other cost?

$6,062

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,062 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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$933$891 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,236 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $11,749Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,129professional $933

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
$933.25
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,344.23
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. 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

New Jersey· 18th of 51

$6,062

$933 physician + $5,129 facility

WI $11,938KY $2,391

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.