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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Alaska rates for HCPCS 60300

This procedure uses a needle to either drain fluid from a cyst in the thyroid gland or inject medication into it. It is done to relieve pressure or discomfort from a fluid-filled thyroid nodule, or as part of managing a cyst that keeps recurring. The needle is guided into the cyst through the skin of the neck.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst cost?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $155 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$251$112 to $407
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$89.13 to $355

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $56 to $2,512Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $52 to $550
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $155professional $251

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$691.83
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$575.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$512.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$676.08

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 17.8 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$251

CA $1,514KY $85.11

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.