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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic endocrine procedures

Needle ablation of thyroid nodules, each added lobe

CPT 60661the billing code this page is about

Add-on charge for destroying nodules in an additional thyroid lobe or the isthmus through the skin during the same session; billed once per extra lobe treated.

Hospitals typically charge $1,184 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 280 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,132. Most fall between $398 and $2,116 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
280
States
33
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 280 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
$359$500$1,184$1,775$3,413

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($359 vs $3,413).

How the prices are spread

$155 – $215: 3 hospitals$155$215 – $298: 5 hospitals$298 – $412: 43 hospitals$298$412 – $570: 12 hospitals$570 – $789: 26 hospitals$570$789 – $1,093: 22 hospitals$1,093 – $1,512: 56 hospitals$1,093$1,512 – $2,093: 43 hospitals$2,093 – $2,897: 9 hospitals$2,093$2,897 – $4,010: 34 hospitals$2,897median $1,184price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (253 of 280 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$155$2153
$215$2985
$298$41243
$412$57012
$570$78926
$789$1,09322
$1,093$1,51256
$1,512$2,09343
$2,093$2,8979
$2,897$4,01034

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,184.

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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMTNorth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNDMinnesota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMNIllinois: median $3,192 across 28 hospitalsIL$3,192Wisconsin: median $1,775 across 15 hospitalsWI$1,775Michigan: median $1,185 across 11 hospitalsMI$1,185New York: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNYMassachusetts: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 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 $711 across 11 hospitalsIA$711Indiana: median $1,430 across 20 hospitalsIN$1,430Ohio: median $1,793 across 23 hospitalsOH$1,793Pennsylvania: median $334 across 20 hospitalsPA$334New Jersey: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 6 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 $398 across 30 hospitalsCA$398Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: median $1,050 across 16 hospitalsVA$1,050Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAZNew 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 $366 across 15 hospitalsTN$366North Carolina: median $1,156 across 15 hospitalsNC$1,156South Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceOKLouisiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: median $3,081 across 12 hospitalsFL$3,081
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,184. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Illinois IL28$3,192+170%$1,775 – $3,549
Florida FL12$3,081+160%$1,216 – $3,081
Ohio OH23$1,793+51%$960 – $3,413
Wisconsin WI15$1,775+50%$704 – $1,775
Indiana IN20$1,430+21%$1,018 – $1,699
Michigan MI11$1,1850%$283 – $1,280
North Carolina NC15$1,156−2%$782 – $1,156
Virginia VA16$1,050−11%$366 – $1,370
Iowa IA11$711−40%$711 – $711
California CA30$398−66%$398 – $9,592
Tennessee TN15$366−69%$359 – $682
Pennsylvania PA20$334−72%$110 – $1,487
Massachusetts MA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New York NY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX6not 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
Missouri MO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not 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 $1,184.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care254$1,165$398 – $2,116
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access16fewer than 20 hospitals
Ownership
For-profit11fewer than 20 hospitals
Government25$1,156$567 – $1,260
Non-profit241$1,220$398 – $2,356
System affiliation
Part of a system259$1,216$398 – $2,356
Independent21$743$402 – $1,752

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,350
Median cash price$1,184
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

226 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,156 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,086; most fall between $398 and $2,002.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 226 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
$360$446$1,156$1,775$3,413

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($360 vs $3,413).

Of the 248 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 226 gave a usable cash price; 8 carried a plausibility flag, 1 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 13 a list price only.

How complete is this

280 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 313 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted280
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) — excluded3
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code313

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Abltj 1/+Thyr Ndul Addl Lobe Perq Radiofrequency.

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, each added lobe (CPT 60661) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60661-needle-ablation-of-thyroid-nodules-each-added-lobe