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Ganglion Cyst Aspiration Or Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 20612

A needle is used to draw fluid out of a ganglion cyst, a soft fluid-filled lump arising from the lining of a joint or tendon, and medicine may be injected into the area afterwards. It applies wherever such a cyst occurs, though the wrist and hand are the commonest sites. It is usually a short office procedure and does not need an operating room.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ganglion Cyst Aspiration Or Injection cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $389 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$75.86 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$182 to $692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $66 to $2,692Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $55 to $234
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $389professional $120

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$275.42
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in South Dakota than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$123

SD $126RI $58.88

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.