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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Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint
Delano, CA
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Adventist Health Delano’s median price of $395 is 3% above the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 52% 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: 8 payers, 19 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 | Kaiser kaiser medi-cal ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $54.46 | $54.46 | $54.46 – $54.46 |
| 2 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $54.46 | $54.46 | $54.46 – $54.46 |
| 3 | Anthem anthem mcal fee schedule · outpatient | $63.66 | $63.66 | $63.66 – $63.66 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $128.99 | $128.99 | $128.99 – $128.99 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $382.85 | $382.85 | $382.85 – $382.85 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield - all plans other · outpatient | $394.79 | $394.79 | $394.79 – $394.79 |
| 7 | Kaiser kaiser medicare ip/op only other · outpatient | $394.79 | $394.79 | $394.79 – $394.79 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv other · outpatient | $394.79 | $394.79 | $394.79 – $394.79 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $402.64 | $402.64 | $402.64 – $402.64 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $423.84 | $423.84 | $423.84 – $423.84 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna- all plans case rate · outpatient | $434.68 | $434.68 | $434.68 – $434.68 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $434.68 | $434.68 | $434.68 – $434.68 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $471.20 | $471.20 | $471.20 – $471.20 |
| 14 | Anthem anthem - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $490.11 | $490.11 | $490.11 – $490.11 |
| 15 | Oscar oscar medicare advantage-all plans other · outpatient | $631.67 | $631.67 | $631.67 – $631.67 |
| 16 | Kaiser kaiser comm ip/op only- all other plans other · outpatient | $679.04 | $679.04 | $679.04 – $679.04 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn case rate · outpatient | $987.06 | $987.06 | $987.06 – $987.06 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll case rate · outpatient | $1,118 | $1,118 | $1,118 – $1,118 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,683 | $1,683 | $1,683 – $1,683 |
Last updated: Jul 29, 2026
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