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Other Keyhole Operation On An Endocrine Gland

Pennsylvania 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 October 2026.

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

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $56,234 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$56,234$1,514 to $58,884
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,148 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $589 to $7,762Professionalmedian $56,234 · 10th to 90th $708 to $58,884
$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $56,234

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
$831.76
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,165.95
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58,884.37
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$58,884.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,290.87
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$6,165.95
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,918.31
2 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
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$58,884.37
Median
$58,884.37
Typical High
$58,884.37
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$41,686.94
Median
$43,651.58
Typical High
$43,651.58

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 138.0 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Pennsylvania· 42nd of 51

$2,570

AK $10,965MT $79.43

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.