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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Indiana 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $3,631 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$79.43$47.86 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,631$1,380 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $100 to $7,413Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $46 to $126
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,631professional $79

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
$54.95
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$169.82

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 43rd of 51

$105

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.