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Aspiration Or Injection Of A Thyroid Cyst

Virginia 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 Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 8 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$93.33$56.23 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$85.11 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $56 to $7,079Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $47 to $219
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $93

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
$56.23
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$87.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$3,311.31
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 40th 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.