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Repeat Thyroid Surgery for Remaining Tissue

Delaware 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 October 2026.

How much does Repeat Thyroid Surgery for Remaining Tissue cost?

$3,660

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,660 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$1,047 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,698 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,148

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Alaska 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

Delaware· 48th of 51

$3,660

$1,148 physician + $2,512 facility

AK $11,610WV $3,177

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.