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
$1
Average
$1.0k
Median
$657
High
$10.5k
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iThe hospitals that file a UnitedHealthcare 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 | St Luke's Regional Medical Center, LTD Mountain Home, ID other · outpatient | 1 | $244 | $244 | $104 | 43% | 69–87 | $139 – $348 |
| 2 | Mount Graham Regional Medical Center Safford, AZ percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | 6 | $100 | $117 | $36 | 31% | 16–160 | $100 – $200 |
| 3 | SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 4 | $205 | $224 | $89 | 40% | 16–160 | $135 – $460 |
| 4 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 5 | $496 | $479 | $29 | 6% | 13–130 | $423 – $496 |
| 5 | ROBERT PACKER HOSPITAL Sayre, PA facility · other · outpatient | 2 | $300 | $306 | $9 | 3% | 6–60 | $300 – $319 |
| 6 | Herbert J Thomas Memorial Hospital Association South Charleston, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $246 | $414 | $205 | 50% | 5–50 | $246 – $665 |
| 7 | Curators of the University of Missouri Jefferson City, MO facility · case rate · outpatient | 5 | $1.7k | $1.6k | $149 | 9% | 3–30 | $1.4k – $1.8k |
| 8 | Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital Inc Milwaukee, WI other · inpatient | 3 | $368 | $515 | $285 | 55% | 3–30 | $264 – $914 |
| 9 | Mayo Clinic Health System Mankato 56001-4752 facility · other · both | 1 | $374 | $374 | — | — | 3–30 | $374 – $374 |
| 10 | Phoenix Children's Hospital Phoenix, AZ facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | 3–30 | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 11 | Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa Nampa, ID facility · other · both | 1 | $325 | $325 | — | — | 3–30 | $325 – $325 |
| 12 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center - Boise Boise, ID facility · other · both | 1 | $325 | $325 | — | — | 3–30 | $325 – $325 |
| 13 | Baystate Medical Center Springfield, MA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $376 | $376 | — | — | 2–20 | $376 – $376 |
| 14 | Childrens Hospital Colorado Aurora, CO percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 2 | $743 | $748 | $123 | 16% | 2–20 | $606 – $902 |
| 15 | City Hospital, Inc. Martinsburg, WV facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $915 | $915 | — | — | 2–20 | $915 – $915 |
| 16 | Deaconess Health System Henderson Hospital Henderson, KY facility · other · inpatient | 1 | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | 2–20 | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 17 | Duke University Hospital Durham, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $426 | $426 | — | — | 2–20 | $426 – $426 |
| 18 | Duke University Hospital Raleigh, NC facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $426 | $426 | — | — | 2–20 | $426 – $426 |
| 19 | Lake Regional Health System Osage Beach, MO fee schedule · both | 2 | $297 | $297 | $33 | 11% | 2–20 | $264 – $329 |
| 20 | Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA other · both | 1 | $344 | $344 | — | — | 2–20 | $344 – $344 |
| 21 | Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $1.0k | $1.0k | $164 | 16% | 2–20 | $852 – $1.2k |
| 22 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC other · outpatient | 1 | $429 | $429 | — | — | 2–20 | $429 – $429 |
| 23 | ARH Tug Valley Health Services, Inc. Prestonsburg, KY other · outpatient | 1 | $220 | $220 | — | — | 1–10 | $220 – $220 |
| 24 | Adena Health System Chillicothe, OH facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 25 | Barnes Jewish Hospital St. Louis, MO case rate · outpatient | 1 | $10.3k | $10.3k | — | — | 1–10 | $10.3k – $10.3k |
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