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Procedure price report · Thyroidectomy, partial or complete

Thyroid removal including chest portion, through the neck

CPT 60271the billing code this page is about

Surgery to remove a thyroid gland that extends below the breastbone, done through an incision in the neck.

Hospitals typically charge $4,801 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 438 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,223. Most fall between $1,926 and $10,405 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
438
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 438 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
$1,325$2,326$4,801$9,188$15,820

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,325 vs $15,820).

How the prices are spread

$1,111 – $1,525: 39 hospitals$1,111$1,525 – $2,093: 41 hospitals$2,093 – $2,872: 44 hospitals$2,093$2,872 – $3,942: 43 hospitals$3,942 – $5,410: 56 hospitals$3,942$5,410 – $7,425: 55 hospitals$7,425 – $10,191: 50 hospitals$7,425$10,191 – $13,987: 17 hospitals$13,987 – $19,196: 37 hospitals$13,987$19,196 – $26,346: 14 hospitals$19,196median $4,801price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (396 of 438 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,111$1,52539
$1,525$2,09341
$2,093$2,87244
$2,872$3,94243
$3,942$5,41056
$5,410$7,42555
$7,425$10,19150
$10,191$13,98717
$13,987$19,19637
$19,196$26,34614

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,801
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 $4,801.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 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 $4,801 across 15 hospitalsMN$4,801Illinois: median $3,393 across 20 hospitalsIL$3,393Wisconsin: median $4,969 across 27 hospitalsWI$4,969Michigan: median $3,063 across 29 hospitalsMI$3,063New York: median $7,000 across 43 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,523 across 12 hospitalsOR$2,523Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 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 $2,605 across 20 hospitalsIA$2,605Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,581 across 14 hospitalsOH$4,581Pennsylvania: median $9,186 across 12 hospitalsPA$9,186New Jersey: median $6,548 across 33 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 $14,319 across 29 hospitalsCA$14,319Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,696 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,696Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,456 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,456Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $8,803 across 23 hospitalsTX$8,803Florida: median $5,938 across 11 hospitalsFL$5,938
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,801. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA29$14,319+198%$2,617 – $14,319
Pennsylvania PA12$9,186+91%$6,936 – $12,739
Texas TX23$8,803+83%$7,304 – $9,422
New York NY43$7,000+46%$3,219 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ33$6,548+36%$5,110 – $7,894
Florida FL11$5,938+24%$4,581 – $16,672
Wisconsin WI27$4,969+3%$3,907 – $9,464
Minnesota MN15$4,8010%$2,883 – $4,801
Ohio OH14$4,581−5%$2,608 – $38,555
Illinois IL20$3,393−29%$1,323 – $16,345
Michigan MI29$3,063−36%$1,802 – $4,969
Iowa IA20$2,605−46%$2,207 – $2,605
Oregon OR12$2,523−47%$1,934 – $2,523
Missouri MO12$1,696−65%$1,624 – $16,520
Oklahoma OK12$1,456−70%$1,456 – $1,456
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not 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 $4,801.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care356$5,419$1,934 – $12,569
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access74$3,445$1,626 – $7,304
Ownership
For-profit38$5,900$1,323 – $15,519
Government62$3,393$1,926 – $7,760
Non-profit337$4,801$1,934 – $10,405
System affiliation
Part of a system349$4,969$1,949 – $12,739
Independent89$3,063$1,604 – $6,979

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,456
Median cash price$4,801
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

223 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,605 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,520; most fall between $1,456 and $8,803.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 223 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
$1,131$1,624$2,605$7,304$14,319

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,131 vs $14,319).

Of the 254 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 223 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

438 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 495 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted438
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code495

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 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 Substernal Cervical Approach.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Thyroid removal including chest portion, through the neck (CPT 60271) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60271-thyroid-removal-including-chest-portion-through-the-neck