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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Minnesota 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $417 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$166$102 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$219 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $110 to $2,399Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $76 to $372
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $417professional $166

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
$47.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$446.68
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$812.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$380.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$174

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.