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Procedure price report · Thyroidectomy, partial or complete

Removal of remaining thyroid tissue after earlier surgery

CPT 60260the billing code this page is about

A second operation to take out thyroid tissue left behind by a previous partial thyroid removal.

Hospitals typically charge $4,748 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 520 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,067. Most fall between $1,954 and $11,273 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
520
States
47
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 520 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
$1,360$2,156$4,748$9,025$17,081

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,360 vs $17,081).

How the prices are spread

$1,100 – $1,503: 44 hospitals$1,100$1,503 – $2,053: 53 hospitals$2,053 – $2,804: 75 hospitals$2,053$2,804 – $3,830: 30 hospitals$3,830 – $5,232: 54 hospitals$3,830$5,232 – $7,147: 64 hospitals$7,147 – $9,764: 60 hospitals$7,147$9,764 – $13,337: 25 hospitals$13,337 – $18,219: 38 hospitals$13,337$18,219 – $24,888: 29 hospitals$18,219median $4,748price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (472 of 520 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,100$1,50344
$1,503$2,05353
$2,053$2,80475
$2,804$3,83030
$3,830$5,23254
$5,232$7,14764
$7,147$9,76460
$9,764$13,33725
$13,337$18,21938
$18,219$24,88829

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,748
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.79×

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 $4,748.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $2,056 across 11 hospitalsWA$2,056Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,196 across 22 hospitalsMN$4,196Illinois: median $3,516 across 26 hospitalsIL$3,516Wisconsin: median $5,685 across 32 hospitalsWI$5,685Michigan: median $2,156 across 33 hospitalsMI$2,156New York: median $7,000 across 47 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,606 across 14 hospitalsOR$2,606Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,692 across 19 hospitalsIA$2,692Indiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,748 across 19 hospitalsOH$4,748Pennsylvania: median $6,936 across 16 hospitalsPA$6,936New Jersey: median $6,548 across 31 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $16,038 across 34 hospitalsCA$16,038Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $2,533 across 11 hospitalsNE$2,533Missouri: median $6,290 across 16 hospitalsMO$6,290Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,502 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,502Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,652 across 23 hospitalsTX$8,652Florida: median $5,938 across 10 hospitalsFL$5,938
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,748. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA34$16,038+238%$2,743 – $16,038
Texas TX23$8,652+82%$7,318 – $9,422
New York NY47$7,000+47%$2,617 – $24,888
Pennsylvania PA16$6,936+46%$2,567 – $12,101
New Jersey NJ31$6,548+38%$5,110 – $7,659
Missouri MO16$6,290+32%$1,685 – $20,807
Florida FL10$5,938+25%$4,748 – $12,911
Wisconsin WI32$5,685+20%$4,038 – $9,399
Ohio OH19$4,7480%$2,321 – $21,605
Minnesota MN22$4,196−12%$2,122 – $4,924
Illinois IL26$3,516−26%$1,343 – $32,495
Iowa IA19$2,692−43%$2,239 – $2,692
Oregon OR14$2,606−45%$1,994 – $3,121
Nebraska NE11$2,533−47%$1,956 – $7,652
Michigan MI33$2,156−55%$2,101 – $8,140
Washington WA11$2,056−57%$1,904 – $8,665
Oklahoma OK14$1,502−68%$1,502 – $12,061
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $4,748.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care410$5,684$1,994 – $13,392
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access102$2,606$1,685 – $5,685
Ownership
For-profit47$7,091$1,937 – $15,010
Government84$3,100$1,822 – $7,378
Non-profit388$4,924$1,994 – $12,739
System affiliation
Part of a system409$5,684$1,994 – $12,943
Independent111$3,082$1,800 – $7,264

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,421
Median cash price$4,748
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

257 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,630 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,173; most fall between $1,502 and $7,318.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 257 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
$1,124$1,547$2,630$5,685$15,519

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,124 vs $15,519).

Of the 293 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 257 gave a usable cash price; 26 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 10 a list price only.

How complete is this

520 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 586 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted520
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code586

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 Thyroidectomy Rmvl Remaining Tiss Flwg Prtl Rmvl.

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, “Removal of remaining thyroid tissue after earlier surgery (CPT 60260) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60260-removal-of-remaining-thyroid-tissue-after-earlier-surgery