Surgery and procedures CPT 60240 215 markets

Total thyroidectomy cost without insurance

Across 215 US markets, hospitals list an outpatient cash price for total thyroid removal (thyroidectomy) from $477.75 to $130,901.15. The median market price is $5,200.00. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Thyroid surgery costs

Lowest$477.75any market
Median market$5,200.00middle of market medians
Highest$130,901.15any market
Listings387hospital prices

What it is

This code covers removing the whole thyroid gland through a cut in the lower front of the neck.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.

Why prices differ

Ambulatory surgery centers often charge much less than hospitals, and hospital prices for the same operation vary widely.

What to ask

Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 60240 is a bundled price that includes the surgeon, anesthesia and follow-up visits.

Prices by state

Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.

Prices by market

Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.

MarketHospitalsLowest MedianHighest×
Anna, IL single city 1 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 1.0×
Antigo, WI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Ada, OK 1 $15,442.14 $15,442.14 $15,442.14 1.0×
Akron, OH 2 $1,885.80 $3,093.75 $4,301.70 2.3×
Albany, OR 2 $2,193.60 $2,193.60 $2,193.60 1.0×
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 2 $12,353.61 $16,366.56 $20,379.50 1.6×
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1 $7,785.18 $7,785.18 $7,785.18 1.0×
Anchorage, AK 2 $7,721.00 $18,654.88 $29,588.75 3.8×
Ann Arbor, MI 1 $1,631.20 $1,631.20 $1,631.20 1.0×
Appleton, WI 3 $1,849.65 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 1.8×
Astoria, OR 1 $2,659.50 $2,659.50 $2,659.50 1.0×
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 9 $9,791.00 $9,791.00 $63,089.00 6.4×
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1 $7,821.90 $7,821.90 $7,821.90 1.0×
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 7 $9,490.92 $9,490.92 $9,490.92 1.0×
Bad Axe, MI single city 1 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 1.0×
Berlin, WI single city 1 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 1.0×
Buckhannon, WV single city 1 $963.50 $963.50 $963.50 1.0×
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 1 $1,758.00 $1,758.00 $1,758.00 1.0×
Bangor, ME 1 $477.75 $477.75 $477.75 1.0×
Barre, VT 1 $2,754.56 $2,754.56 $2,754.56 1.0×
Bay City, MI 1 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 1.0×
Bellingham, WA 1 $12,745.85 $12,745.85 $12,745.85 1.0×
Bennington, VT 1 $1,496.78 $1,496.78 $1,496.78 1.0×
Bluefield, WV-VA 1 $12,783.00 $12,783.00 $12,783.00 1.0×
Boise City, ID 3 $15,131.00 $15,131.00 $15,246.64 1.0×
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 1 $10,934.90 $10,934.90 $10,934.90 1.0×
Bozeman, MT 1 $28,140.80 $28,140.80 $28,140.80 1.0×
Brenham, TX 1 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 1.0×
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 4 $1,792.69 $1,792.69 $4,265.00 2.4×
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 $3,692.00 $3,692.00 $3,692.00 1.0×
Caro, MI single city 1 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA single city 1 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 1.0×
Corning, IA single city 1 $1,202.40 $1,202.40 $1,202.40 1.0×
Coudersport, PA single city 1 $1,750.80 $1,750.80 $1,750.80 1.0×
Cadillac, MI 1 $2,040.00 $2,040.00 $2,040.00 1.0×
Canton-Massillon, OH 1 $4,301.70 $4,301.70 $4,301.70 1.0×
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 5 $3,127.00 $16,238.95 $17,528.25 5.6×
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL 2 $2,076.00 $16,187.64 $30,299.28 14.6×
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 1.0×
Charleston, WV 1 $18,778.00 $18,778.00 $18,778.00 1.0×
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 2 $28,851.08 $29,455.38 $30,059.67 1.0×
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1 $1,033.82 $1,033.82 $1,033.82 1.0×
Cheyenne, WY 1 $3,479.85 $3,479.85 $3,479.85 1.0×
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 9 $936.68 $33,571.80 $73,286.35 78.2×
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 5 $3,210.96 $31,705.00 $41,429.25 12.9×
Clarksville, TN-KY 1 $10,044.17 $10,044.17 $10,044.17 1.0×
Cleveland, OH 3 $1,773.95 $4,301.70 $24,366.79 13.7×
College Station-Bryan, TX 1 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 1.0×
Columbus, NE 1 $2,129.25 $2,129.25 $2,129.25 1.0×
Columbus, OH 4 $4,157.10 $38,644.76 $50,692.64 12.2×
Corvallis, OR 1 $2,193.60 $2,193.60 $2,193.60 1.0×
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $963.50 $963.50 $963.50 1.0×
Dillon, MT single city 1 $1,995.00 $1,995.00 $1,995.00 1.0×
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3 $2,078.40 $3,280.50 $16,435.80 7.9×
Danville, VA 1 $20,789.60 $20,789.60 $20,789.60 1.0×
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 2 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 1.0×
Decatur, IN 1 $3,799.00 $3,799.00 $3,799.00 1.0×
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 2 $2,261.60 $22,947.51 $43,633.41 19.3×
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 10 $1,229.24 $2,518.20 $8,645.84 7.0×
Dubuque, IA 2 $2,261.60 $13,856.06 $25,450.52 11.3×
Duluth, MN-WI 2 $1,762.48 $3,057.24 $4,352.00 2.5×
Eagle River, WI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Ellsworth, ME single city 1 $644.75 $644.75 $644.75 1.0×
Eau Claire, WI 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 1 $22,412.24 $22,412.24 $22,412.24 1.0×
Eugene-Springfield, OR 1 $15,791.75 $15,791.75 $15,791.75 1.0×
Evansville, IN 1 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 1.0×
Fairbanks-College, AK 1 $6,048.65 $6,048.65 $6,048.65 1.0×
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 2 $9,859.89 $12,029.51 $14,199.13 1.4×
Flint, MI 1 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 1.0×
Fond du Lac, WI 1 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 1.0×
Fort Dodge, IA 1 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 1.0×
Fort Smith, AR-OK 1 $10,694.50 $10,694.50 $10,694.50 1.0×
Fort Wayne, IN 4 $711.60 $800.55 $889.50 1.2×
Fremont, NE 1 $7,652.34 $7,652.34 $7,652.34 1.0×
Fresno, CA 1 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 1.0×
Gassaway, WV single city 1 $963.50 $963.50 $963.50 1.0×
Greenville, ME single city 1 $1,037.00 $1,037.00 $1,037.00 1.0×
Grinnell, IA single city 1 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 1.0×
Great Falls, MT 1 $58,720.00 $58,720.00 $58,720.00 1.0×
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 1 $29,199.04 $29,199.04 $29,199.04 1.0×
Hartford, CT single city 2 $5,255.00 $17,024.01 $28,793.02 5.5×
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 1 $17,009.00 $17,009.00 $17,009.00 1.0×
Hailey, ID 1 $15,131.00 $15,131.00 $15,131.00 1.0×
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 4 $539.40 $10,497.09 $12,563.89 23.3×
Henderson, KY 1 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 1.0×
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 1 $7,176.60 $7,176.60 $7,176.60 1.0×
Holland, MI 1 $1,062.00 $1,062.00 $1,062.00 1.0×
Hood River, OR 1 $2,659.50 $2,659.50 $2,659.50 1.0×
Houghton, MI 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 1 $5,975.91 $5,975.91 $5,975.91 1.0×
Huntsville, AL 1 $15,636.83 $15,636.83 $15,636.83 1.0×
Iron River, MI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Ironwood, MI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 3 $1,902.18 $2,198.40 $57,976.64 30.5×
Jackson, MI 1 $1,134.30 $1,134.30 $1,134.30 1.0×
Jackson, MS 1 $42,998.66 $42,998.66 $42,998.66 1.0×
Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY 1 $567.60 $567.60 $567.60 1.0×
Jasper, IN 1 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 1.0×
Joplin, MO-KS 1 $14,153.54 $14,153.54 $14,153.54 1.0×
Kansas City, MO-KS 3 $1,306.08 $1,306.08 $6,025.00 4.6×
Killeen-Temple, TX 3 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 1.0×
Lakeview, OR single city 1 $11,757.20 $11,757.20 $11,757.20 1.0×
Lancaster, PA 1 $10,993.88 $10,993.88 $10,993.88 1.0×
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 1 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 1.0×
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV 1 $6,770.40 $6,770.40 $6,770.40 1.0×
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 2 $1,139.60 $2,548.09 $3,956.58 3.5×
Lima, OH 2 $6,349.50 $30,183.86 $54,018.21 8.5×
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 2 $10,988.73 $15,484.57 $19,980.41 1.8×
Longview-Kelso, WA 1 $21,511.10 $21,511.10 $21,511.10 1.0×
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 2 $655.63 $796.13 $936.62 1.4×
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 1 $1,066.20 $1,066.20 $1,066.20 1.0×
Marble Falls, TX single city 1 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 1.0×
McCall, ID single city 1 $15,131.00 $15,131.00 $15,131.00 1.0×
Medford, WI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Merrill, WI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Morganfield, KY single city 1 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 1.0×
Madison, WI 2 $5,200.00 $6,251.20 $7,302.40 1.4×
Marion-Herrin, IL 1 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 1.0×
Marshall, MO 1 $1,468.01 $1,468.01 $1,468.01 1.0×
Marshalltown, IA 1 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 1.0×
Mason City, IA 1 $65,061.19 $65,061.19 $65,061.19 1.0×
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 6 $3,516.04 $3,516.04 $3,516.04 1.0×
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 2 $4,301.70 $22,924.88 $41,548.05 9.7×
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 1 $792.33 $792.33 $792.33 1.0×
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 6 $1,523.20 $2,376.79 $6,588.84 4.3×
Modesto, CA 1 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 1.0×
Morgantown, WV 1 $7,721.00 $7,721.00 $7,721.00 1.0×
Mount Pleasant, MI 1 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 1.0×
Mount Vernon, IL 1 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 1.0×
Muscatine, IA 1 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 1.0×
Nebraska City, NE single city 1 $2,079.15 $2,079.15 $2,079.15 1.0×
New Britain, CT single city 1 $5,255.00 $5,255.00 $5,255.00 1.0×
New London, WI single city 1 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 1.0×
Norwich, CT single city 1 $5,255.00 $5,255.00 $5,255.00 1.0×
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 2 $881.60 $1,261.60 $1,641.60 1.9×
New Castle, IN 1 $2,780.68 $2,780.68 $2,780.68 1.0×
New Philadelphia-Dover, OH 1 $4,301.70 $4,301.70 $4,301.70 1.0×
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 32 $1,088.62 $6,457.82 $47,194.00 43.4×
Newport, OR 2 $2,193.60 $2,193.60 $2,193.60 1.0×
Norfolk, NE 1 $2,104.20 $2,104.20 $2,104.20 1.0×
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $10,828.46 $10,828.46 $10,828.46 1.0×
Oklahoma City, OK 2 $6,211.10 $9,918.32 $13,625.54 2.2×
Omaha, NE-IA 5 $1,227.45 $1,804.53 $3,824.64 3.1×
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 2 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 1.0×
Perryville, MO single city 1 $1,633.50 $1,633.50 $1,633.50 1.0×
Petersburg, WV single city 1 $1,541.60 $1,541.60 $1,541.60 1.0×
Pikeville, TN single city 1 $565.86 $565.86 $565.86 1.0×
Polson, MT single city 1 $1,352.80 $1,352.80 $1,352.80 1.0×
Princeton, IN single city 1 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 $1,282.05 1.0×
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 1 $21,502.00 $21,502.00 $21,502.00 1.0×
Peru, IN 1 $586.00 $586.00 $586.00 1.0×
Petoskey, MI 1 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 $2,518.20 1.0×
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2 $33,861.68 $42,066.30 $50,270.92 1.5×
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 1 $7,418.74 $7,418.74 $7,418.74 1.0×
Pittsburgh, PA 4 $490.20 $683.70 $6,782.00 13.8×
Plattsburgh, NY 1 $2,202.00 $2,202.00 $2,202.00 1.0×
Port St. Lucie, FL 1 $4,301.70 $4,301.70 $4,301.70 1.0×
Port Townsend, WA 1 $2,667.20 $2,667.20 $2,667.20 1.0×
Portland-South Portland, ME 2 $614.38 $1,076.09 $1,537.80 2.5×
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 6 $1,683.50 $1,683.50 $25,269.40 15.0×
Rhinelander, WI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Richmond, CA single city 1 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 1.0×
Ripley, WV single city 1 $974.50 $974.50 $974.50 1.0×
Rapid City, SD 1 $5,753.90 $5,753.90 $5,753.90 1.0×
Reading, PA 1 $9,863.77 $9,863.77 $9,863.77 1.0×
Reno, NV 2 $4,006.00 $5,290.50 $6,575.00 1.6×
Richmond, VA 3 $28,166.24 $33,222.47 $34,523.72 1.2×
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 $7,737.00 $7,737.00 $7,737.00 1.0×
Rochester, NY 3 $1,627.90 $7,175.95 $7,175.95 4.4×
Summersville, WV single city 1 $974.50 $974.50 $974.50 1.0×
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 3 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 1.0×
Salem, OR 1 $1,683.50 $1,683.50 $1,683.50 1.0×
Salinas, CA 1 $2,622.00 $2,622.00 $2,622.00 1.0×
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 1 $32,519.43 $32,519.43 $32,519.43 1.0×
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 9 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 1.0×
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 3 $2,328.00 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 14.4×
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 1 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 1.0×
Savannah, GA 2 $837.60 $837.60 $837.60 1.0×
Seaford, DE 1 $18,661.75 $18,661.75 $18,661.75 1.0×
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 $11,389.83 $71,145.49 $130,901.15 11.5×
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL 1 $4,301.70 $4,301.70 $4,301.70 1.0×
Shawano, WI 1 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 1.0×
Shelbyville, TN 1 $881.60 $881.60 $881.60 1.0×
Sheridan, WY 1 $5,025.60 $5,025.60 $5,025.60 1.0×
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 1 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 $2,261.60 1.0×
Somerset, PA 1 $539.40 $539.40 $539.40 1.0×
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 1 $27,704.93 $27,704.93 $27,704.93 1.0×
Springfield, MA 1 $5,975.00 $5,975.00 $5,975.00 1.0×
Springfield, MO 2 $20,901.07 $20,901.07 $20,901.07 1.0×
Springfield, OH 1 $20,962.04 $20,962.04 $20,962.04 1.0×
St. Louis, MO-IL 3 $12,402.99 $13,623.20 $15,791.37 1.3×
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 2 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Stockton-Lodi, CA 1 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 1.0×
Storm Lake, IA 1 $2,248.00 $2,248.00 $2,248.00 1.0×
Syracuse, NY 1 $17,412.91 $17,412.91 $17,412.91 1.0×
Temple, TX single city 1 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 1.0×
Tomahawk, WI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Two Harbors, MN single city 1 $6,584.00 $6,584.00 $6,584.00 1.0×
Toledo, OH 2 $2,335.80 $20,441.11 $38,546.41 16.5×
Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 1 $4,006.00 $4,006.00 $4,006.00 1.0×
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN 1 $881.60 $881.60 $881.60 1.0×
Twin Falls, ID 1 $15,131.00 $15,131.00 $15,131.00 1.0×
Vallejo, CA 3 $2,643.24 $33,499.20 $33,499.20 12.7×
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 2 $30,864.32 $33,114.59 $35,364.86 1.1×
Waterbury, CT single city 1 $22,614.10 $22,614.10 $22,614.10 1.0×
Waupaca, WI single city 1 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 1.0×
Wild Rose, WI single city 1 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 $3,392.98 1.0×
Woodruff, WI single city 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Waco, TX 1 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 $10,083.20 1.0×
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 2 $2,000.00 $2,130.80 $2,261.60 1.1×
Wausau, WI 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Wheeling, WV-OH 2 $1,011.50 $7,302.25 $13,593.00 13.4×
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 1 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 $5,200.00 1.0×
Youngstown-Warren, OH 2 $24,725.32 $26,903.37 $29,081.41 1.2×

Common questions

Will I need thyroid pills?

Yes, lifelong thyroid hormone replacement after total removal.

How long is the hospital stay?

Often same day or one night.

Other thyroid surgery prices

Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.