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
Bragg, CA
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Adventist Health Mendocino Coast’s median price of $151 is 61% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 13% 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: 5 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 | Cigna cigna - all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $31.91 | $31.91 | $31.91 – $31.91 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $31.91 | $31.91 | $31.91 – $31.91 |
| 3 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $54.46 | $48.28 | $39.00 – $54.46 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $50.10 | $50.10 | $50.10 – $50.10 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $50.10 | $50.10 | $50.10 – $50.10 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $59.39 | $59.39 | $59.39 – $59.39 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn fee schedule · outpatient | $88.25 | $88.25 | $88.25 – $88.25 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $93.26 | $93.26 | $93.26 – $93.26 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $109.62 | $117.18 | $72.95 – $168.97 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $155.42 | $155.42 | $31.91 – $278.92 |
| 11 | MultiPlan multiplan - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $188.00 | $192.80 | $125.00 – $312.90 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $219.03 | $219.03 | $219.03 – $219.03 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $222.72 | $238.08 | $148.22 – $343.30 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $240.93 | $240.93 | $240.93 – $240.93 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $226.20 | $241.80 | $150.54 – $348.66 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $236.61 | $252.93 | $157.47 – $364.71 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $262.89 | $281.02 | $174.95 – $405.21 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $343.70 | $343.70 | $343.70 – $343.70 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $361.80 | $361.80 | $361.80 – $361.80 |
Last updated: Aug 2, 2026
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