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Other Keyhole Operation On An Endocrine Gland

North Carolina 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?

$8,318

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,074 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 4 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$4,074$1,380 to $8,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$8,318$3,162 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,318 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $19,498Professionalmedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,288 to $23,442
$100$1K$10Kfacility $8,318professional $4,074

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
$1,288.25
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$23,442.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,988.33
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$10,232.93
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 14th of 50

$8,318

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.