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Draining an infected neck cyst at the front of the throat

CPT 60000the billing code this page is about

Cutting into and draining an infected thyroglossal duct cyst in the midline of the neck.

Hospitals typically charge $1,195 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 343 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,244. Most fall between $328 and $2,509 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
343
States
44
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 343 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$248$385$1,195$2,140$3,914

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($248 vs $3,914).

How the prices are spread

$149 – $207: 11 hospitals$149$207 – $289: 36 hospitals$289 – $402: 28 hospitals$289$402 – $559: 35 hospitals$559 – $777: 19 hospitals$559$777 – $1,082: 9 hospitals$1,082 – $1,505: 36 hospitals$1,082$1,505 – $2,094: 63 hospitals$2,094 – $2,914: 28 hospitals$2,094$2,914 – $4,054: 47 hospitals$2,914median $1,195price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (312 of 343 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$149$20711
$207$28936
$289$40228
$402$55935
$559$77719
$777$1,0829
$1,082$1,50536
$1,505$2,09463
$2,094$2,91428
$2,914$4,05447

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,585
Median cash price$1,195
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.75×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,195.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $314 across 11 hospitalsIL$314Wisconsin: median $2,509 across 13 hospitalsWI$2,509Michigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $1,753 across 30 hospitalsNY$1,753Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $430 across 18 hospitalsIA$430Indiana: median $457 across 17 hospitalsIN$457Ohio: median $3,851 across 19 hospitalsOH$3,851Pennsylvania: median $90 across 18 hospitalsPA$90New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,914 across 39 hospitalsCA$3,914Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $434 across 10 hospitalsNE$434Missouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $2,407 across 10 hospitalsSC$2,407Oklahoma: median $260 across 12 hospitalsOK$260Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,195 across 20 hospitalsTX$1,195Florida: median $1,093 across 15 hospitalsFL$1,093
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,195. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA39$3,914+228%$1,851 – $3,914
Ohio OH19$3,851+222%$567 – $3,851
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+217%$1,640 – $5,419
Wisconsin WI13$2,509+110%$1,932 – $2,509
South Carolina SC10$2,407+101%$1,603 – $2,407
New York NY30$1,753+47%$339 – $1,937
Texas TX20$1,1950%$1,195 – $1,195
Florida FL15$1,093−9%$1,093 – $1,093
Indiana IN17$457−62%$342 – $618
Nebraska NE10$434−64%$282 – $622
Iowa IA18$430−64%$430 – $440
Illinois IL11$314−74%$260 – $1,389
Oklahoma OK12$260−78%$260 – $260
Pennsylvania PA18$90−92%$76 – $2,504
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,195.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care290$1,310$343 – $2,554
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access41$439$281 – $2,509
Ownership
For-profit26$1,093$282 – $2,093
Government37$558$286 – $1,753
Non-profit279$1,310$343 – $3,209
System affiliation
Part of a system292$1,310$343 – $2,509
Independent51$572$276 – $2,041

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,610
Median cash price$1,195
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

238 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,093 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,117; most fall between $281 and $2,496.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 238 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$214$343$1,093$2,093$3,914

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($214 vs $3,914).

Of the 254 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 238 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

343 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 365 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted343
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here20
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded1
Hospitals that filed this code365

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic endocrine procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR I&D,Thyroglossal Cyst,Infected.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Draining an infected neck cyst at the front of the throat (CPT 60000) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60000-draining-an-infected-neck-cyst-at-the-front-of-the-throat