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Thymus Removal Through the Chest

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 60521

Removal of all or part of the thymus, a small gland that sits behind the breastbone, reached by splitting the breastbone or opening the chest. This is the version done without a wide clearance of the surrounding tissue in the space between the lungs. It is most often done for myasthenia gravis or for a growth in the gland.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thymus Removal Through the Chest cost?

$2,858

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,858 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,413 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,413$1,148 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$603 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $537 to $251,189Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $933 to $2,138
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,445professional $1,413

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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,137.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$251,188.64
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 15.4 times more in Maine 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

New Mexico· 36th of 51

$2,858

$1,413 physician + $1,445 facility

ME $28,500MD $1,851

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.