Repeat Thyroid Surgery for Remaining Tissue

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 60260

Removes thyroid tissue that was left behind at an earlier thyroid operation. Because the surgeon has to work through scar tissue from the first surgery, and the nerves to the voice box and the tiny parathyroid glands are harder to find, it is a more demanding operation than a first-time thyroid removal. It may involve one or both sides of the neck.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repeat Thyroid Surgery for Remaining Tissue cost?

$8,467

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,467 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

18% physician fee82% facility fee

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 55 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,549	$1,148 to $2,291
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$6,918	$3,388 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $16,596Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $955 to $3,388

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,202.26 Median $5,495.41 Typical High $14,125.38	Facility	Global	$1,202.26	$5,495.41	$14,125.38
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,715.35 Median $10,000.00 Typical High $19,054.61	Facility	Global	$3,715.35	$10,000.00	$19,054.61
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,698.24 Median $3,630.78 Typical High $10,715.19	Facility	Global	$1,698.24	$3,630.78	$10,715.19
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier AS · PA/NP assist Typical Low $169.82 Median $169.82 Typical High $169.82	Facility	AS · PA/NP assist	$169.82	$169.82	$169.82
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,398.83 Median $7,079.46 Typical High $15,848.93	Facility	Global	$2,398.83	$7,079.46	$15,848.93

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 5.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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

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WI $13,419MD $2,350

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.