go back

Other Keyhole Operation On An Endocrine Gland

California rates for HCPCS 60659

Covers a keyhole operation on a hormone-producing gland, such as the adrenal or thyroid gland, when the procedure performed has no standard named entry of its own. The surgeon works through small cuts using a camera and long instruments instead of a single large incision. The operative report sets out exactly what was done.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Other Keyhole Operation On An Endocrine Gland cost?

$8,128

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,128 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $6,457 from a physician practice, and about $8,318 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$6,457$4,467 to $12,882
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$4,898 to $13,183

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $18,197Professionalmedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $3,467 to $16,982
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $8,318professional $6,457

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
$3,388.44
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$19,054.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,803.84
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,748.98
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$14,791.08
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$2,818.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$14,791.08
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$25,703.96

Where California sits

The same service costs 10.5 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

California· 16th of 50

$8,128

IN $18,197WV $1,738

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.