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Procedure price report · Thyroidectomy, partial or complete

Complete removal of one thyroid lobe

CPT 60220the billing code this page is about

Surgery to remove all of one side of the thyroid gland, with or without the bridge of tissue connecting the two lobes.

Hospitals typically charge $4,326 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 842 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,070. Most fall between $1,381 and $13,695 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
842
States
49
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 842 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$972$1,648$4,326$10,270$24,888

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($972 vs $24,888).

How the prices are spread

$725 – $1,047: 65 hospitals$725$1,047 – $1,513: 85 hospitals$1,513 – $2,187: 103 hospitals$1,513$2,187 – $3,161: 77 hospitals$3,161 – $4,568: 56 hospitals$3,161$4,568 – $6,602: 88 hospitals$6,602 – $9,541: 99 hospitals$6,602$9,541 – $13,789: 61 hospitals$13,789 – $19,928: 51 hospitals$13,789$19,928 – $28,801: 78 hospitals$19,928median $4,326price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (763 of 842 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$725$1,04765
$1,047$1,51385
$1,513$2,187103
$2,187$3,16177
$3,161$4,56856
$4,568$6,60288
$6,602$9,54199
$9,541$13,78961
$13,789$19,92851
$19,928$28,80178

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$4,326
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.70×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,326.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,703 across 18 hospitalsWA$1,703Idaho: median $15,060 across 13 hospitalsID$15,060Montana: median $1,644 across 10 hospitalsMT$1,644North Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,335 across 37 hospitalsMN$2,335Illinois: median $2,195 across 32 hospitalsIL$2,195Wisconsin: median $3,840 across 37 hospitalsWI$3,840Michigan: median $2,262 across 39 hospitalsMI$2,262New York: median $6,904 across 58 hospitalsNY$6,904Massachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,698 across 23 hospitalsOR$1,698Nevada: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,740 across 34 hospitalsIA$1,740Indiana: median $3,822 across 23 hospitalsIN$3,822Ohio: median $17,607 across 34 hospitalsOH$17,607Pennsylvania: median $8,722 across 21 hospitalsPA$8,722New Jersey: median $6,458 across 34 hospitalsNJ$6,458Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,972 across 58 hospitalsCA$5,972Utah: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,452 across 12 hospitalsCO$1,452Nebraska: median $1,648 across 15 hospitalsNE$1,648Missouri: median $6,025 across 24 hospitalsMO$6,025Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,764 across 20 hospitalsWV$1,764Virginia: median $20,783 across 14 hospitalsVA$20,783Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,809 across 20 hospitalsKS$1,809Arkansas: median $5,569 across 14 hospitalsAR$5,569Tennessee: median $7,559 across 14 hospitalsTN$7,559North Carolina: median $6,615 across 11 hospitalsNC$6,615South Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $972 across 16 hospitalsOK$972Louisiana: median $6,031 across 16 hospitalsLA$6,031Mississippi: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $5,395 across 13 hospitalsAL$5,395Georgia: median $5,753 across 17 hospitalsGA$5,753Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,586 across 37 hospitalsTX$8,586Florida: median $11,041 across 14 hospitalsFL$11,041
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,326. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA14$20,783+380%$474 – $29,075
Ohio OH34$17,607+307%$1,717 – $35,214
Idaho ID13$15,060+248%$5,937 – $15,131
Florida FL14$11,041+155%$3,201 – $19,147
Pennsylvania PA21$8,722+102%$1,099 – $14,999
Texas TX37$8,586+98%$6,043 – $12,724
Tennessee TN14$7,559+75%$700 – $14,520
New York NY58$6,904+60%$1,455 – $24,888
North Carolina NC11$6,615+53%$2,886 – $9,376
New Jersey NJ34$6,458+49%$5,110 – $7,426
Louisiana LA16$6,031+39%$3,756 – $9,505
Missouri MO24$6,025+39%$1,169 – $15,078
California CA58$5,972+38%$2,049 – $28,801
Georgia GA17$5,753+33%$1,619 – $7,407
Arkansas AR14$5,569+29%$2,069 – $7,480
Alabama AL13$5,395+25%$2,000 – $18,174
Wisconsin WI37$3,840−11%$2,635 – $7,443
Indiana IN23$3,822−12%$978 – $14,701
Minnesota MN37$2,335−46%$1,207 – $4,675
Michigan MI39$2,262−48%$1,381 – $8,313
Illinois IL32$2,195−49%$978 – $26,846
Kansas KS20$1,809−58%$1,007 – $7,800
West Virginia WV20$1,764−59%$748 – $6,847
Iowa IA34$1,740−60%$1,320 – $3,092
Washington WA18$1,703−61%$1,120 – $13,651
Oregon OR23$1,698−61%$1,301 – $2,781
Nebraska NE15$1,648−62%$1,433 – $4,501
Montana MT10$1,644−62%$789 – $3,295
Colorado CO12$1,452−66%$984 – $11,775
Oklahoma OK16$972−78%$972 – $11,895
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $4,326.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care629$6,272$1,675 – $17,443
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access200$1,777$1,098 – $4,472
Ownership
For-profit102$9,001$2,496 – $18,238
Government142$2,124$1,285 – $7,419
Non-profit596$3,840$1,358 – $13,695
System affiliation
Part of a system646$5,469$1,522 – $15,078
Independent196$2,332$1,264 – $8,200

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,705
Median cash price$4,326
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

378 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,758 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,367; most fall between $972 and $6,474.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 378 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$549$984$1,758$5,333$11,934

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($549 vs $11,934).

Of the 425 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 378 gave a usable cash price; 27 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

842 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 929 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted842
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here60
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code929

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Thyroidectomy, partial or complete family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Total Thyroid Lobectomy Uni W/WO Isthmusectomy.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Complete removal of one thyroid lobe (CPT 60220) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60220-complete-removal-of-one-thyroid-lobe