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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic endocrine procedures

Removal of a thyroid cyst or benign growth

CPT 60200the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out a cyst or a non-cancerous lump from the thyroid gland, or to divide the bridge of tissue between the two thyroid lobes.

Hospitals typically charge $2,192 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 404 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,247. Most fall between $1,104 and $7,779 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
404
States
45
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – 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 404 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
$778$1,162$2,192$6,871$14,510

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 19× what the cheapest tenth charges ($778 vs $14,510).

How the prices are spread

$522 – $730: 18 hospitals$522$730 – $1,021: 28 hospitals$1,021 – $1,429: 76 hospitals$1,021$1,429 – $1,999: 49 hospitals$1,999 – $2,797: 40 hospitals$1,999$2,797 – $3,914: 10 hospitals$3,914 – $5,476: 23 hospitals$3,914$5,476 – $7,662: 59 hospitals$7,662 – $10,721: 27 hospitals$7,662$10,721 – $15,000: 34 hospitals$10,721median $2,192price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (364 of 404 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$522$73018
$730$1,02128
$1,021$1,42976
$1,429$1,99949
$1,999$2,79740
$2,797$3,91410
$3,914$5,47623
$5,476$7,66259
$7,662$10,72127
$10,721$15,00034

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$2,192
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.35×

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 $2,192.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,511 across 13 hospitalsMN$1,511Illinois: median $1,215 across 18 hospitalsIL$1,215Wisconsin: median $2,490 across 18 hospitalsWI$2,490Michigan: median $1,399 across 27 hospitalsMI$1,399New York: median $6,904 across 26 hospitalsNY$6,904Massachusetts: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMAOregon: median $1,393 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,393Nevada: 3 hospitals 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 $1,634 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,634Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,605 across 13 hospitalsOH$2,605Pennsylvania: median $4,043 across 20 hospitalsPA$4,043New Jersey: median $6,458 across 31 hospitalsNJ$6,458Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $14,510 across 28 hospitalsCA$14,510Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,143 across 10 hospitalsKS$1,143Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,104 across 13 hospitalsOK$1,104Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,823 across 27 hospitalsTX$5,823Florida: median $5,856 across 10 hospitalsFL$5,856
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,192. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA28$14,510+562%$1,939 – $14,510
New York NY26$6,904+215%$1,995 – $6,904
New Jersey NJ31$6,458+195%$5,110 – $7,894
Florida FL10$5,856+167%$2,605 – $11,238
Texas TX27$5,823+166%$5,823 – $11,965
Pennsylvania PA20$4,043+84%$166 – $10,214
Ohio OH13$2,605+19%$1,045 – $3,026
Wisconsin WI18$2,490+14%$2,490 – $5,349
Iowa IA20$1,634−25%$1,170 – $1,634
Minnesota MN13$1,511−31%$1,136 – $3,101
Michigan MI27$1,399−36%$1,025 – $1,399
Oregon OR14$1,393−36%$1,232 – $1,607
Illinois IL18$1,215−45%$869 – $2,224
Kansas KS10$1,143−48%$1,066 – $2,717
Oklahoma OK13$1,104−50%$1,104 – $6,918
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,192.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care317$2,605$1,104 – $8,313
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access77$1,521$1,083 – $3,225
Ownership
For-profit35$5,823$869 – $11,629
Government67$2,039$1,162 – $6,904
Non-profit301$2,192$1,104 – $7,176
System affiliation
Part of a system314$2,592$1,104 – $8,313
Independent90$1,712$1,066 – $5,420

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,482
Median cash price$2,192
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

214 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,480 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,024; most fall between $787 and $5,823.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 214 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
$455$869$1,480$5,823$14,510

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 32× what the cheapest tenth charges ($455 vs $14,510).

Of the 238 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 214 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 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

404 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (10%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 453 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted404
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here35
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code453

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 Exc Cyst/Adenoma Thyroid/Transection Isthmus.

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, “Removal of a thyroid cyst or benign growth (CPT 60200) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60200-removal-of-a-thyroid-cyst-or-benign-growth