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.
Original text from hospital filings
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from small joint using ultrasound guidance
Low
$56
Average
$752
Median
$576
High
$4.9k
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
69 payers; the 90th percentile is 5.2× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +41 other terms | 542 | $343 | $1.0k | $1.9k | 181% | 4–40 | $1 – $21.3k |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +40 other terms | 588 | $313 | $699 | $1.2k | 172% | 3–30 | $1 – $10.5k |
| 3 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms | 229 | $219 | $227 | $434 | 192% | 1–10 | $1 – $5.8k |
| 4 | Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms | 108 | $445 | $515 | $611 | 119% | 1–10 | $39 – $4.3k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +36 other terms | 409 | $375 | $770 | $1.5k | 196% | — | $0 – $15.6k |
| 6 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms | 390 | $297 | $390 | $739 | 190% | — | $1 – $8.3k |
| 7 | Cigna case rate · outpatient · +36 other terms | 256 | $2.1k | $4.8k | $7.1k | 148% | — | $0 – $40.7k |
| 8 | WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 167 | $315 | $357 | $486 | 136% | — | $34 – $4.3k |
| 9 | Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms | 147 | $256 | $336 | $679 | 202% | — | $8 – $6.3k |
| 10 | Oscar case rate · outpatient · +23 other terms | 129 | $2.5k | $2.6k | $751 | 29% | — | $462 – $7.5k |
| 11 | Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 101 | $544 | $570 | $745 | 131% | — | $52 – $8.2k |
| 12 | MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 88 | $568 | $581 | $498 | 86% | — | $29 – $3.7k |
| 13 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 82 | $50 | $92 | $113 | 124% | — | $36 – $1.0k |
| 14 | Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 68 | $290 | $360 | $582 | 162% | — | $38 – $4.9k |
| 15 | Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 66 | $324 | $418 | $502 | 120% | — | $1 – $4.3k |
| 16 | Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms | 58 | $297 | $653 | $936 | 143% | — | $39 – $4.1k |
| 17 | First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 56 | $629 | $1.0k | $1.8k | 172% | — | $40 – $7.2k |
| 18 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms | 53 | $350 | $370 | $332 | 90% | — | $39 – $1.3k |
| 19 | Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms | 47 | $310 | $488 | $938 | 192% | — | $34 – $6.1k |
| 20 | Medica facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms | 40 | $281 | $176 | $196 | 111% | — | $27 – $1.3k |
| 21 | Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms | 39 | $50 | $405 | $1.1k | 273% | — | $37 – $9.5k |
| 22 | Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 39 | $5.8k | $6.6k | $5.1k | 77% | — | $2.1k – $14.6k |
| 23 | Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 38 | $948 | $935 | $69 | 7% | — | $444 – $948 |
| 24 | Clover facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +13 other terms | 36 | $323 | $324 | $21 | 7% | — | $272 – $348 |
| 25 | Medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms | 36 | $316 | $408 | $719 | 176% | — | $35 – $5.8k |
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