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Removal of a thyroglossal duct cyst or sinus

CPT 60280the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out a cyst or draining tract in the front of the neck left over from the tube the thyroid formed along before birth.

Hospitals typically charge $3,099 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 568 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,990. Most fall between $1,006 and $9,895 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
568
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 568 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
$720$1,100$3,099$7,822$16,251

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 23× what the cheapest tenth charges ($720 vs $16,251).

How the prices are spread

$536 – $782: 50 hospitals$536$782 – $1,141: 74 hospitals$1,141 – $1,664: 70 hospitals$1,141$1,664 – $2,428: 36 hospitals$2,428 – $3,542: 36 hospitals$2,428$3,542 – $5,168: 33 hospitals$5,168 – $7,540: 82 hospitals$5,168$7,540 – $11,000: 55 hospitals$11,000 – $16,048: 33 hospitals$11,000$16,048 – $23,413: 43 hospitals$16,048median $3,099price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (512 of 568 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$536$78250
$782$1,14174
$1,141$1,66470
$1,664$2,42836
$2,428$3,54236
$3,542$5,16833
$5,168$7,54082
$7,540$11,00055
$11,000$16,04833
$16,048$23,41343

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$3,099
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.50×

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 $3,099.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $840 across 10 hospitalsWA$840Idaho: median $15,131 across 10 hospitalsID$15,131Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,099 across 24 hospitalsMN$3,099Illinois: median $1,100 across 23 hospitalsIL$1,100Wisconsin: median $2,418 across 32 hospitalsWI$2,418Michigan: median $1,213 across 34 hospitalsMI$1,213New York: median $6,904 across 50 hospitalsNY$6,904Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $959 across 14 hospitalsOR$959Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 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 $1,100 across 24 hospitalsIA$1,100Indiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,602 across 21 hospitalsOH$1,602Pennsylvania: median $9,864 across 11 hospitalsPA$9,864New Jersey: median $6,458 across 32 hospitalsNJ$6,458Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,911 across 48 hospitalsCA$3,911Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,571 across 15 hospitalsMO$1,571Kentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 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 $1,547 across 11 hospitalsKS$1,547Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $750 across 16 hospitalsOK$750Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $7,811 across 12 hospitalsGA$7,811Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,346 across 27 hospitalsTX$5,346Florida: median $6,264 across 11 hospitalsFL$6,264
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,099. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Idaho ID10$15,131+388%$4,766 – $15,131
Pennsylvania PA11$9,864+218%$6,841 – $11,934
Georgia GA12$7,811+152%$2,933 – $7,811
New York NY50$6,904+123%$1,195 – $24,888
New Jersey NJ32$6,458+108%$5,110 – $7,785
Florida FL11$6,264+102%$1,602 – $7,860
Texas TX27$5,346+72%$4,893 – $7,125
California CA48$3,911+26%$2,631 – $16,251
Minnesota MN24$3,0990%$1,030 – $3,776
Wisconsin WI32$2,418−22%$1,729 – $6,148
Ohio OH21$1,602−48%$1,099 – $19,903
Missouri MO15$1,571−49%$654 – $12,993
Kansas KS11$1,547−50%$919 – $8,022
Michigan MI34$1,213−61%$874 – $8,313
Iowa IA24$1,100−65%$966 – $1,397
Illinois IL23$1,100−65%$828 – $14,200
Oregon OR14$959−69%$840 – $1,327
Washington WA10$840−73%$638 – $13,562
Oklahoma OK16$750−76%$750 – $11,895
Indiana IN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $3,099.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care450$4,617$1,068 – $11,982
Children’s13fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access104$1,472$905 – $3,527
Ownership
For-profit60$6,597$1,207 – $11,629
Government95$1,709$800 – $7,419
Non-profit412$2,648$1,006 – $10,235
System affiliation
Part of a system440$3,911$1,068 – $10,577
Independent128$1,547$800 – $7,822

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,052
Median cash price$3,099
Cash as a share of list, median hospital61%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 39%. 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

287 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,366 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,042; most fall between $750 and $5,906.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 287 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
$531$831$1,366$5,346$12,996

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 24× what the cheapest tenth charges ($531 vs $12,996).

Of the 328 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 287 gave a usable cash price; 27 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

568 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 640 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted568
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here52
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded16
Hospitals that filed this code640

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 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 Excis Thyroid Duct Cyst/Sinus.

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 thyroglossal duct cyst or sinus (CPT 60280) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60280-removal-of-a-thyroglossal-duct-cyst-or-sinus