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 large joint
Tehachapi, CA
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Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi’s median price of $60 is 85% below the median hospital's median price ($393), higher than 3% of the 2,601 hospitals reporting CPT 20610. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 21 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 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $39.47 | $39.47 | $39.47 – $39.47 |
| 2 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $39.90 | $39.90 | $34.00 – $45.79 |
| 3 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $45.39 | $45.39 | $45.39 – $45.39 |
| 4 | Kaiser kaiser medi-cal ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $45.79 | $45.79 | $45.79 – $45.79 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $46.38 | $46.38 | $46.38 – $46.38 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $52.72 | $52.72 | $52.72 – $52.72 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $60.13 | $60.13 | $60.13 – $60.13 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $60.13 | $60.13 | $60.13 – $60.13 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $106.84 | $106.84 | $106.84 – $106.84 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient | $112.91 | $112.91 | $112.91 – $112.91 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $120.34 | $120.34 | $96.44 – $144.24 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $135.43 | $135.43 | $108.53 – $162.32 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $142.25 | $142.25 | $114.00 – $170.50 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $145.03 | $145.03 | $145.03 – $145.03 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $147.72 | $147.72 | $118.38 – $177.05 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans case rate · outpatient | $164.13 | $164.13 | $131.53 – $196.72 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $171.86 | $171.86 | $39.47 – $304.25 |
| 18 | Cigna cigna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $222.20 | $222.20 | $178.07 – $266.32 |
| 19 | Kaiser kaiser medicare ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $304.25 | $304.25 | $304.25 – $304.25 |
| 20 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans other · outpatient | $501.76 | $501.76 | $501.76 – $501.76 |
| 21 | Kaiser kaiser ip/op only- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $523.31 | $523.31 | $523.31 – $523.31 |
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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