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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Arkansas 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?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$93.33$61.66 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$661 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $138 to $1,820Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $44 to $166
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $794professional $93

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
$89.13
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 20th of 51

$126

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.