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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Maryland 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 physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $51.29 to $138.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $427 to $427Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $46 to $288
$50$100$200$500facility $427professional $105

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$288.40
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$194.98
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 39th 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.