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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic endocrine procedures

Needle ablation of thyroid nodules in one lobe

CPT 60660the billing code this page is about

Treatment that destroys one or more nodules within a single thyroid lobe using heat or energy delivered through the skin with imaging guidance; covers all nodules treated in that one lobe.

Hospitals typically charge $2,951 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 410 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,985. Most fall between $1,795 and $4,347 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
410
States
41
Filings dated
Jun 2025 – 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 410 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
$1,093$1,951$2,951$4,051$5,054

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,093 vs $5,054).

How the prices are spread

$719 – $904: 18 hospitals$719$904 – $1,136: 14 hospitals$1,136 – $1,429: 13 hospitals$1,136$1,429 – $1,796: 21 hospitals$1,796 – $2,259: 43 hospitals$1,796$2,259 – $2,840: 57 hospitals$2,840 – $3,571: 107 hospitals$2,840$3,571 – $4,490: 67 hospitals$4,490 – $5,645: 21 hospitals$4,490$5,645 – $7,098: 14 hospitals$5,645median $2,951price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (375 of 410 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$719$90418
$904$1,13614
$1,136$1,42913
$1,429$1,79621
$1,796$2,25943
$2,259$2,84057
$2,840$3,571107
$3,571$4,49067
$4,490$5,64521
$5,645$7,09814

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$2,951
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.75×

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 $2,951.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $3,550 across 30 hospitalsIL$3,550Wisconsin: median $3,550 across 16 hospitalsWI$3,550Michigan: median $1,706 across 11 hospitalsMI$1,706New York: median $1,917 across 22 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $5,031 across 13 hospitalsMA$5,031Oregon: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $4,369 across 11 hospitalsIA$4,369Indiana: median $3,353 across 20 hospitalsIN$3,353Ohio: median $4,213 across 23 hospitalsOH$4,213Pennsylvania: median $1,951 across 30 hospitalsPA$1,951New Jersey: median $1,795 across 13 hospitalsNJ$1,795Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,884 across 46 hospitalsCA$2,884Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: median $2,127 across 16 hospitalsVA$2,127Maryland: 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceARTennessee: median $732 across 17 hospitalsTN$732North Carolina: median $2,312 across 15 hospitalsNC$2,312South Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,396 across 34 hospitalsTX$3,396Florida: median $4,466 across 18 hospitalsFL$4,466
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,951. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA13$5,031+70%$3,875 – $6,870
Florida FL18$4,466+51%$3,337 – $4,466
Iowa IA11$4,369+48%$4,369 – $4,369
Ohio OH23$4,213+43%$1,386 – $4,213
Illinois IL30$3,550+20%$3,547 – $7,098
Wisconsin WI16$3,550+20%$3,550 – $3,550
Texas TX34$3,396+15%$3,396 – $3,396
Indiana IN20$3,353+14%$2,506 – $4,004
California CA46$2,884−2%$2,356 – $2,964
North Carolina NC15$2,312−22%$1,129 – $2,312
Virginia VA16$2,127−28%$732 – $2,740
Pennsylvania PA30$1,951−34%$204 – $2,974
New York NY22$1,917−35%$1,917 – $2,062
New Jersey NJ13$1,795−39%$1,793 – $2,137
Michigan MI11$1,706−42%$1,580 – $2,271
Tennessee TN17$732−75%$732 – $4,051
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $2,951.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care377$2,884$1,871 – $4,213
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access22$3,682$3,004 – $4,466
Ownership
For-profit22$3,396$3,342 – $4,347
Government39$2,312$1,917 – $3,403
Non-profit346$3,004$1,795 – $4,369
System affiliation
Part of a system380$3,004$1,878 – $4,347
Independent30$2,353$1,214 – $3,801

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,155
Median cash price$2,951
Cash as a share of list, median hospital56%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 44%. 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

320 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,964 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,079; most fall between $1,580 and $4,369.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 320 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
$866$1,957$2,964$4,213$5,104

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($866 vs $5,104).

Of the 336 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 320 gave a usable cash price; 8 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

410 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 426 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted410
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here8
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 — excluded7
Hospitals that filed this code426

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 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 Other therapeutic endocrine procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Abltj 1/+Thyroid Nodule 1 Lobe/Isthmus Perq Rf.

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, “Needle ablation of thyroid nodules in one lobe (CPT 60660) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60660-needle-ablation-of-thyroid-nodules-in-one-lobe