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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Illinois 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 6 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$97.72$53.70 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$513 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $95 to $5,129Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $46 to $204
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $98

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
$95.50
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$380.19
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$138.04
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 37th of 51

$107

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.