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Thyroid Removal Through the Breastbone

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 60270

Removes a thyroid gland that extends down behind the breastbone into the chest, reaching it by splitting the breastbone or opening the chest rather than working through the neck alone. A gland that grows downward can press on the windpipe, food pipe, and large veins. Both the neck and chest portions are taken out.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thyroid Removal Through the Breastbone cost?

$3,631

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,549 to $10,000.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $22,909
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,715.19
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Maine than in Wyoming. 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.

South Carolina· 24th of 50

$3,631

ME $22,387WY $1,288

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.