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Thyroid Removal Reaching Behind The Breastbone

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 60271

Removes a thyroid gland that has grown downward behind the breastbone, working through an incision low in the neck. The enlarged gland is freed from the structures around it and lifted up and out through the neck opening. It is done when a large goiter presses on the windpipe or swallowing tube, or when the gland itself is diseased.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Removal Reaching Behind The Breastbone cost?

$8,940

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,940 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,630 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$2,630$2,188 to $3,715
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$6,310 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $4,898 to $7,586Professionalmedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,698 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $2,630

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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$6,309.57
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,168.69

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska 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

Wyoming· 7th of 51

$8,940

$2,630 physician + $6,310 facility

AK $11,345KY $2,452

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.