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Removal Of Thyroglossal Duct Cyst

Wyoming rates for HCPCS 60280

Removes a thyroglossal duct cyst, a leftover pocket from before birth that sits in the midline of the neck and often moves when swallowing. The surgeon takes out the cyst along with its tract, and usually the middle portion of the small bone above the voice box that the tract passes through, so it does not come back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of Thyroglossal Duct Cyst cost?

$7,314

Typical total for the visit. In Wyoming, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,314 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$955 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$6,166 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $5,623 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,166professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Wyoming sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Wyoming· 6th of 51

$7,314

$1,148 physician + $6,166 facility

CO $10,909MT $1,384

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.