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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

New Mexico 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $1,445 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$105$51.29 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,445$166 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $69 to $2,754Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $46 to $363
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,445professional $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
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$147.91
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 42nd of 51

$105

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.