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Thyroid Nodule Gene Activity Test

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 81545

A laboratory test run on thyroid cells collected through a fine needle. It measures how active a large set of genes is in those cells and returns one overall answer - benign, or suspicious - to help decide whether a nodule with an unclear needle result needs to come out.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Thyroid Nodule Gene Activity Test cost?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $4,571 from a physician practice, and about $10,000 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$4,571$4,266 to $5,370
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,000$7,586 to $13,804

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,000 · 10th to 90th $5,888 to $27,542Professionalmedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $4,266 to $9,120
$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,000professional $4,571

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
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$34,673.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$27,542.29
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12,589.25
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$12,589.25

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2041.7 times more in Illinois than in Florida. 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.

Minnesota· 20th of 30

$5,370

IL $20,417FL $10.00

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.