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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic endocrine procedures

Thymus gland removal through a neck incision

CPT 60520the billing code this page is about

Surgery to remove part or all of the thymus gland using an incision in the lower neck rather than opening the chest.

Hospitals typically charge $4,462 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 305 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,564. Most fall between $1,615 and $8,913 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
305
States
41
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 305 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
$1,313$1,925$4,462$7,894$14,319

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,313 vs $14,319).

How the prices are spread

$923 – $1,236: 14 hospitals$923$1,236 – $1,655: 32 hospitals$1,655 – $2,216: 34 hospitals$1,655$2,216 – $2,966: 36 hospitals$2,966 – $3,971: 11 hospitals$2,966$3,971 – $5,317: 32 hospitals$5,317 – $7,118: 48 hospitals$5,317$7,118 – $9,530: 24 hospitals$9,530 – $12,758: 17 hospitals$9,530$12,758 – $17,081: 27 hospitals$12,758median $4,462price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (275 of 305 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$923$1,23614
$1,236$1,65532
$1,655$2,21634
$2,216$2,96636
$2,966$3,97111
$3,971$5,31732
$5,317$7,11848
$7,118$9,53024
$9,530$12,75817
$12,758$17,08127

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,048
Median cash price$4,462
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.74×

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 $4,462.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $6,743 across 13 hospitalsMN$6,743Illinois: median $1,726 across 16 hospitalsIL$1,726Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $2,809 across 25 hospitalsMI$2,809New York: median $7,000 across 24 hospitalsNY$7,000Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $2,564 across 16 hospitalsIA$2,564Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $4,462 across 10 hospitalsOH$4,462Pennsylvania: median $797 across 18 hospitalsPA$797New Jersey: median $6,548 across 29 hospitalsNJ$6,548Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $14,319 across 25 hospitalsCA$14,319Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,452 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,452Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,683 across 20 hospitalsTX$4,683Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,462. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA25$14,319+221%$2,868 – $14,319
New York NY24$7,000+57%$3,125 – $7,027
Minnesota MN13$6,743+51%$5,134 – $6,743
New Jersey NJ29$6,548+47%$5,110 – $7,894
Texas TX20$4,683+5%$4,683 – $4,683
Ohio OH10$4,4620%$2,206 – $4,462
Michigan MI25$2,809−37%$2,019 – $2,910
Iowa IA16$2,564−43%$2,564 – $2,564
Illinois IL16$1,726−61%$1,437 – $4,446
Oklahoma OK12$1,452−67%$1,452 – $1,452
Pennsylvania PA18$797−82%$649 – $10,001
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not 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 $4,462.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care259$4,683$1,694 – $8,913
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access37$4,683$1,437 – $11,272
Ownership
For-profit26$3,712$1,437 – $8,913
Government42$3,318$1,801 – $8,396
Non-profit236$4,627$1,605 – $9,186
System affiliation
Part of a system257$4,683$1,605 – $10,001
Independent48$2,569$1,694 – $7,264

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,702
Median cash price$4,462
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

167 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,564 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,726; most fall between $1,437 and $6,548.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 167 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
$1,082$1,452$2,564$4,683$14,319

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,082 vs $14,319).

Of the 180 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 167 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

305 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 328 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted305
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here19
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code328

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 5, 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 Other therapeutic endocrine procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Thymectomy Prtl/Tot Transcervical Appr Spx.

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, “Thymus gland removal through a neck incision (CPT 60520) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60520-thymus-gland-removal-through-a-neck-incision