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Adrenal Gland Removal Or Exploration

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 60540

Removes part or all of an adrenal gland, one of the small hormone-producing glands that sit on top of each kidney, or opens the area to examine the gland and take a sample. It is done through an incision in the abdomen, the flank, or the back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Adrenal Gland Removal Or Exploration cost?

$2,599

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,599 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$1,000 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$589 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,754Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $977 to $2,138
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $977professional $1,622

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
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,691.53
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 16.4 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

Mississippi· 43rd of 51

$2,599

$1,622 physician + $977 facility

ME $28,429MD $1,737

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.