CPT 60300 · 1,195 hospitals reporting

Aspir/inj thyroid cyst

The same procedure costs $51.5 at one hospital and $4,577 at another — a 89× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $708.

Cheapest published

$51.5

12 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,195 hospitals

$708

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$4,577

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

471 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$1,967	$708	—	—	5 insurers
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,897	$707	$87.33	$2,897	5 insurers
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,738	$707	$87.6	$1,416	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$643	$707	$41.7	$643	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,870	$707	$101	$2,296	5 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$978	$702	$130	$978	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,788	$717	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,788	$717	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,788	$717	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,788	$717	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,788	$717	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,788	$717	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$1,177	$718	$577	$1,095	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$1,177	$718	$91.5	$3,908	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$718	$718	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$36.56	$698	$10.97	$36.56	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$2,696	$696	$454	$2,696	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$2,696	$723	$454	$2,696	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,696	$723	$454	$2,696	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$916	$733	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$916	$733	—	—	4 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$1,223	$734	$550	$6,771	5 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$924	$739	—	—	5 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,886	$739	$96.55	$5,432	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,333	$672	$1,750	$1,936	4 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,333	$672	$48.09	$7,452	5 insurers
SAINT JOHN HOSPITAL	KS	$2,168	$667	$140	$1,735	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$2,263	$667	$186	$2,091	5 insurers
COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,719	$666	$506	$1,684	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,649	$755	$44.98	$1,649	5 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,769	$757	$1,114	$1,734	4 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,769	$757	$96.55	$7,160	5 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE CADILLAC HOSPITAL	MI	$775	$659	—	—	3 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,788	$760	—	—	4 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$1,191	$655	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$872	$654	—	—	0 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$1,527	$764	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,527	$764	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$816	$653	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$816	$653	—	—	4 insurers