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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

North Carolina 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $162 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$107$63.10 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$162$87.10 to $550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $162 · 10th to 90th $49 to $5,248Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $48 to $263
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $162professional $107

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
$48.98
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$229.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$208.93
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$110

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.