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
$22
Average
$1.2k
Median
$691
High
$20.8k
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iThe hospitals that file a Aetna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Brunswick, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $991 | $1.0k | $189 | 18% | 17 | $850 – $1.4k |
| 2 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $298 | $348 | $157 | 45% | 13 | $208 – $588 |
| 3 | Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, NC percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $929 | $946 | $316 | 33% | 10–100 | $536 – $1.5k |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $551 | $644 | $161 | 25% | 4–40 | $551 – $923 |
| 5 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $750 | $734 | $149 | 20% | 4–40 | $544 – $909 |
| 6 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $964 | $1.1k | $317 | 29% | 3–30 | $622 – $1.5k |
| 7 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $376 | $376 | — | — | 2–20 | $376 – $376 |
| 8 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN other · inpatient | 1 | $742 | $742 | — | — | 2–20 | $742 – $742 |
| 9 | Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $661 | $661 | — | — | 2–20 | $661 – $661 |
| 10 | MIDSTATE MEDICAL CENTER MERIDEN, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $129 | $129 | — | — | 2–20 | $129 – $129 |
| 11 | Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Inc City, SD percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $493 | $493 | $239 | 49% | 2–20 | $254 – $733 |
| 12 | Mount Graham Regional Medical Center Safford, AZ percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $109 | $109 | $9 | 8% | 2–20 | $100 – $118 |
| 13 | University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority WI 53718; 1675 Highland Ave Madison, WI percent of total billed chargesfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.9k | $1.9k | $658 | 34% | 2–20 | $1.2k – $2.7k |
| 14 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $861 | $861 | — | — | 2–20 | $861 – $861 |
| 15 | Boston Medical Center Boston, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 2 | $319 | $319 | — | — | 1–10 | $319 – $319 |
| 16 | Fairview Hospital Cleveland, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $1.2k | $1.2k | $170 | 14% | 1–10 | $1.0k – $1.4k |
| 17 | HARTFORD HOSPITAL HARTFORD, CT other · outpatient | 1 | $129 | $129 | — | — | 1–10 | $129 – $129 |
| 18 | HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION Point Pleasant, NJ facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 3 | $480 | $886 | $680 | 77% | 1–10 | $334 – $1.8k |
| 19 | Henry Ford Health System West Bloomfield, MI facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 20 | Henry Ford Health System Plymouth, MI facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $605 | $605 | — | — | 1–10 | $605 – $605 |
| 21 | Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston, WV facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $308 | $290 | $100 | 35% | 1–10 | $107 – $461 |
| 22 | MARTIN MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC Port St Lucie, FL facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $3.3k | $2.4k | $1.7k | 72% | 1–10 | $290 – $4.3k |
| 23 | MARTIN MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER INC Port St Lucie, FL facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $543 | $778 | $434 | 56% | 1–10 | $498 – $1.5k |
| 24 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.4k | $428 | 7% | 1–10 | $5.8k – $6.9k |
| 25 | Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Montvale, NJ fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $6.5k | $6.3k | $306 | 5% | 1–10 | $5.8k – $6.5k |
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