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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

South Dakota 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 South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 7 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$110$89.13 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$110 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $58 to $4,365Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $48 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $155professional $110

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$263.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$234.42
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$251.19

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 34th 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.