I have following table with six rows

CREATE TABLE TimePeriod
(
 TimePeriodId int not null identity(1,1) primary key,
 TimePeriodName nvarchar(30) not null,
 OrderId int not null,
 sDelete bit not null default 'False'
)
When I run this query
 SELECT * FROM TimePeriod where timeperiodname='quarter'

Then Estimated subtree cost comes 0.0032886

But when defined non clustered index on  column TimePeriodName

CREATE UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED INDEX IX_TimePeriod_TimePeriodName
ON TimePeriod
(
 TimePeriodName ASC
)
 WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF,
  STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF,
  SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF,
  IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF,
  DROP_EXISTING = OFF,
  ONLINE = OFF,
  ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON,
  ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON)

Then run query
 SELECT * FROM TimePeriod where timeperiodname='quarter'

I get Estimated subtree cost is  0.0065704

So why is cost incresing when non clustered index is defined on the table?
Where am I doing mistake?

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