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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Iowa 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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$112$66.07 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,291$288 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $100 to $6,761Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $46 to $457
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $112

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
$100.00
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$407.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$295.12
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$281.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$245.47

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$138

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.