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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Missouri 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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$93.33$52.48 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,047 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $145 to $5,129Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $46 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $93

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
$93.33
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$104.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 8th of 51

$158

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.