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Thymus Removal Through The Chest With Clearance

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 60522

Removes the thymus gland from the front of the chest through the breastbone or between the ribs, together with a thorough clearance of the surrounding fatty tissue and lymph nodes in the middle of the chest. The wider clearance is used when a thymus tumor may have spread into neighbouring tissue. It is a major chest operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Thymus Removal Through The Chest With Clearance cost?

$2,138

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,479 to $5,129.

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 $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $7,586
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138

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
$1,318.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in Maine than in Mississippi. 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.

North Carolina· 40th of 50

$2,138

ME $22,387MS $1,230

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.