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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Montana 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $182 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$132$83.18 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$182$83.18 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $182 · 10th to 90th $81 to $234Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $60 to $603
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $182professional $132

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
$50.12
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 11th of 51

$148

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.