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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Michigan 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$95.50$54.95 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$661 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $135 to $4,898Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $47 to $135
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $95

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
$134.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$154.88

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 46th of 51

$97.72

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.