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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Colorado 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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 7 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$102$53.70 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$2,291 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $135 to $7,413Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $47 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $102

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
$102.33
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$213.80
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$218.78

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$141

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.