RC 981
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 large joint
Tehachapi, CA
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Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi’s median price of $149 is 36% below the median hospital's median price ($232), higher than 31% of the 415 hospitals reporting RC 981. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 12 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 | Cigna cigna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 2 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $37 | $68 | $103 | 151% | — | $3 – $994 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $123 | $184 | $194 | 105% | — | $8 – $1.8k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $121 | $194 | $197 | 101% | — | $7 – $1.6k |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $121 | $194 | $197 | 101% | — | $7 – $1.6k |
| 6 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $140 | $224 | $227 | 101% | — | $8 – $1.9k |
| 7 | Cigna cigna- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $155 | $230 | $236 | 102% | — | $9 – $2.1k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $174 | $262 | $271 | 104% | — | $10 – $2.4k |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $174 | $262 | $271 | 104% | — | $10 – $2.4k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $281 | $374 | $365 | 98% | — | $23 – $3.9k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient | $296 | $395 | $385 | 98% | — | $25 – $4.1k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $309 | $463 | $487 | 105% | — | $1 – $4.9k |
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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