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
HC ARTHOCENTESIS, INTERMEDIATE JOINT/BURSA
Crowley, LA
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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $268 is 30% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 20% of the 2,518 hospitals reporting CPT 20605. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 14 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $65.19 | $87.89 | $13.18 – $208.02 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $65.19 | $87.89 | $13.18 – $208.02 |
| 3 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $65.19 | $87.89 | $13.18 – $208.02 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $65.19 | $87.89 | $13.18 – $208.02 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $117.79 | $168.72 | $109.64 – $402.46 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $268.30 | $295.13 | $268.30 – $402.46 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $268.30 | $295.13 | $268.30 – $402.46 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $268.30 | $295.13 | $268.30 – $402.46 |
| 9 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $268.30 | $295.13 | $268.30 – $402.45 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $268.30 | $295.13 | $268.30 – $402.46 |
| 11 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $281.72 | $309.89 | $281.72 – $422.58 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $498.00 | $547.80 | $498.00 – $747.00 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $954.00 | $1,049 | $954.00 – $1,431 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,298 | $1,428 | $1,298 – $1,947 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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