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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Kentucky 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $794 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$64.57$46.77 to $100
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$794$95.50 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $51 to $10,715Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $45 to $155
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $794professional $65

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
$46.77
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$81.28
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$72.44
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$501.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$177.83

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$85.11

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.