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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

New Jersey 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $5,370 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 5 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$105$50.12 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,370$3,311 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $151 to $10,965Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $45 to $251
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,370professional $105

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
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$204.17

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 30th of 51

$112

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.