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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Maine 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?

$100

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $58.88 to $135.

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

Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $49 to $182
$50$100$200professional $100

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$134.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$234.42
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$218.78

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 45th of 51

$100

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.