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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

New York 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 New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 9 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$120$72.44 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $89 to $7,413Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $54 to $295
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $120

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
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,073.80
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$398.11
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$158.49
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$269.15
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$257.04
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$154.88
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80

Where New York 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 York· 9th 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.