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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Alabama 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 4 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$95.50$81.28 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$891 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,344Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $48 to $191
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,318professional $95

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$169.82

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 33rd of 51

$110

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.