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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Utah 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 Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$107$61.66 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$1,000 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $60 to $4,571Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $48 to $195
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $107

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
$60.26
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$223.87
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$186.21
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 18th 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.