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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 9 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$107$57.54 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$69.18 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $55 to $3,715Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $46 to $269
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $107

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
$89.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$309.03
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$204.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$269.15
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$281.84

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 26th 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.