Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Drain thyroid/tongue cyst
Houston, TX
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The Methodist Hospital’s median price of $2.2k is 27% above the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 66% of the 1,487 hospitals reporting CPT 60000. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 16 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 4 | Cigna texas healthspring medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 5 | Molina advantage medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Humana hmo/pos fee schedule · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 7 | Cigna local plus/surefit hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 8 | Cigna network c-24 hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 9 | Cigna pcp optional/pcp required benefit plans hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 10 | Aetna new business discount other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $2.7k | $2.7k | — | — | — | $2.7k – $2.7k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 12 | Aetna hmo/pos/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2.8k | $2.8k | — | — | — | $2.8k – $2.8k |
| 13 | Optum transplant medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 14 | Molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 16 | Phcs ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $4.1k | $4.1k | — | — | — | $4.1k – $4.1k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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