Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Thyroidectomy Substernal Cervical Approach
Low
$10
Average
$8.7k
Median
$6.9k
High
$35.3k
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807 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 8.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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iThe hospitals that file a Blue Cross Blue Shield rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 12 | $17.3k | $27.2k | $18.9k | 70% | 17–170 | $3.8k – $55.0k |
| 2 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $29.4k | $33.9k | $15.3k | 45% | 8–80 | $23.9k – $73.2k |
| 3 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $12.1k | $20.0k | $20.0k | 100% | 8–80 | $4.2k – $70.1k |
| 4 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $26.1k | $35.3k | $16.7k | 47% | 4–40 | $24.7k – $64.1k |
| 5 | Covenant Medical Center Inc Saginaw, MI professional · other · both | 1 | $9.0k | $9.0k | — | — | 2–20 | $9.0k – $9.0k |
| 6 | Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, IL other · outpatient | 2 | $6.3k | $6.3k | $52 | 1% | 2–20 | $6.2k – $6.3k |
| 7 | Saint Luke’s South Hospital, Inc Leawood, KS percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $15.2k | $15.2k | $3.5k | 23% | 2–20 | $11.7k – $18.6k |
| 8 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Webster, TX fee schedule · inpatient | 5 | $488 | $543 | $114 | 21% | 2–20 | $467 – $770 |
| 9 | University of Florida Health Gainesville, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $6.6k | $6.6k | $484 | 7% | 2–20 | $6.1k – $7.1k |
| 10 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $3.9k | $4.8k | $2.3k | 48% | 1–10 | $1.7k – $7.8k |
| 11 | BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL Delray Beach, FL case rate · outpatient | 1 | $11.4k | $11.4k | — | — | 1–10 | $11.4k – $11.4k |
| 12 | Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital Nonprofit Corporation Weston, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $14.8k | $14.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $14.8k – $14.8k |
| 13 | John Muir Health Walnut Creek, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $8.7k | $9.3k | $1.1k | 12% | 1–10 | $8.6k – $11.3k |
| 14 | Northern Illinois Medical Center DBA Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital Woodstock, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $9.1k | $9.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $9.1k – $9.1k |
| 15 | Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights, IL other · outpatient | 1 | $8.8k | $8.8k | — | — | 1–10 | $8.8k – $8.8k |
| 16 | St. Lukes Hospital of Kansas City City, KS percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $25.7k | $25.7k | — | — | 1–10 | $25.7k – $25.7k |
| 17 | The University of Texas Medical Branch Webster, TX other · outpatient | 1 | $5.9k | $5.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $5.9k – $5.9k |
| 18 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $23.9k | $23.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $23.9k – $23.9k |
| 19 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $1.6k | $1.6k | $459 | 29% | — | $937 – $2.2k |
| 20 | ADVENTIST HEALTH MENDOCINO COAST Bragg, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $1.3k | $1.3k | $313 | 24% | — | $927 – $1.7k |
| 21 | ADVENTIST HEALTH TULARE Tulare, CA fee schedule · outpatient | 6 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $602 | 50% | — | $158 – $2.0k |
| 22 | AGH LAVEEN LLC Phoenix, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $6.3k | $6.7k | $861 | 13% | — | $6.2k – $8.2k |
| 23 | AGH MESA LLC Mesa, AZ fee schedule · outpatient | 4 | $6.3k | $6.7k | $861 | 13% | — | $6.2k – $8.2k |
| 24 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $7.0k | $7.0k | — | — | — | $7.0k – $7.0k |
| 25 | ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL Albany, NY professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 18 | $1.0k | $1.2k | $421 | 34% | — | $810 – $2.0k |
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