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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Tennessee 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $1,479 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$97.72$61.66 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,479$832 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $389 to $4,266Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $48 to $191
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,479professional $98

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
$229.09
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$204.17
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$129

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.