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Removal of a thyroglossal duct cyst that has come back

CPT 60281the billing code this page is about

Surgery to cut out a neck cyst or draining tract from the thyroglossal duct that has returned after earlier removal.

Hospitals typically charge $3,275 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 328 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,068. Most fall between $1,099 and $8,391 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
328
States
46
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 328 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
$975$1,255$3,275$7,779$13,541

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($975 vs $13,541).

How the prices are spread

$709 – $952: 14 hospitals$709$952 – $1,279: 56 hospitals$1,279 – $1,718: 39 hospitals$1,279$1,718 – $2,307: 24 hospitals$2,307 – $3,098: 6 hospitals$2,307$3,098 – $4,161: 20 hospitals$4,161 – $5,589: 17 hospitals$4,161$5,589 – $7,507: 41 hospitals$7,507 – $10,082: 41 hospitals$7,507$10,082 – $13,541: 38 hospitals$10,082median $3,275price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (296 of 328 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$709$95214
$952$1,27956
$1,279$1,71839
$1,718$2,30724
$2,307$3,0986
$3,098$4,16120
$4,161$5,58917
$5,589$7,50741
$7,507$10,08241
$10,082$13,54138

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$6,176
Median cash price$3,275
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.53×

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 $3,275.

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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $975 across 12 hospitalsIL$975Wisconsin: median $3,275 across 22 hospitalsWI$3,275Michigan: median $1,810 across 19 hospitalsMI$1,810New York: median $6,904 across 28 hospitalsNY$6,904Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,099 across 10 hospitalsOR$1,099Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $1,460 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,460Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,293 across 11 hospitalsOH$2,293Pennsylvania: median $9,060 across 11 hospitalsPA$9,060New Jersey: median $6,458 across 30 hospitalsNJ$6,458Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $13,541 across 26 hospitalsCA$13,541Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 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: 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: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $986 across 12 hospitalsOK$986Louisiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $7,779 across 23 hospitalsTX$7,779Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,275. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA26$13,541+313%$13,541 – $13,541
Pennsylvania PA11$9,060+177%$6,841 – $11,934
Texas TX23$7,779+138%$7,779 – $7,800
New York NY28$6,904+111%$1,255 – $6,904
New Jersey NJ30$6,458+97%$4,881 – $7,786
Wisconsin WI22$3,2750%$3,275 – $10,275
Ohio OH11$2,293−30%$1,458 – $2,687
Michigan MI19$1,810−45%$902 – $8,313
Iowa IA17$1,460−55%$1,444 – $1,460
Oregon OR10$1,099−66%$1,099 – $1,452
Oklahoma OK12$986−70%$986 – $986
Illinois IL12$975−70%$975 – $2,505
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $3,275.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care265$4,582$1,049 – $8,391
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access53$1,811$1,207 – $7,779
Ownership
For-profit33$5,766$975 – $9,748
Government51$3,038$1,074 – $7,269
Non-profit244$3,275$1,099 – $8,313
System affiliation
Part of a system261$3,986$1,180 – $9,060
Independent67$1,811$1,019 – $7,419

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,775
Median cash price$3,275
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

183 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,646 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,716; most fall between $986 and $7,779.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 183 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
$902$1,019$1,646$7,779$13,541

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 15× what the cheapest tenth charges ($902 vs $13,541).

Of the 208 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 183 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 2 a list price only.

How complete is this

328 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 363 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted328
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
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 — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code363

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 Excis Thyroid Duct Cyst/Sinus,Recur.

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 that has come back (CPT 60281) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-60281-removal-of-a-thyroglossal-duct-cyst-that-has-come-back