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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Georgia 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 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 5 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$54.95 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,259 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $372 to $7,079Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $48 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $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
$104.71
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$239.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 29th of 51

$112

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.