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
Bragg, CA
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Adventist Health Mendocino Coast’s median price of $153 is 61% below the median hospital's median price ($393), higher than 11% 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: 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 | $39.10 | $39.10 | $39.10 – $39.10 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $39.10 | $39.10 | $39.10 – $39.10 |
| 3 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $45.79 | $45.79 | $45.79 – $45.79 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $61.23 | $61.23 | $61.23 – $61.23 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $61.23 | $61.23 | $61.23 – $61.23 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $78.94 | $78.94 | $78.94 – $78.94 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn fee schedule · outpatient | $106.84 | $106.84 | $106.84 – $106.84 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $112.91 | $112.91 | $112.91 – $112.91 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $39.10 | $135.03 | $39.10 – $278.92 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $274.24 | $276.13 | $86.18 – $469.85 |
| 11 | MultiPlan multiplan - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $230.00 | $365.34 | $129.00 – $870.10 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $557.19 | $561.02 | $175.10 – $954.62 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $565.89 | $569.79 | $177.84 – $969.54 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $576.49 | $576.49 | $543.90 – $609.07 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $591.94 | $596.02 | $186.03 – $1,014 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $634.14 | $634.14 | $598.29 – $669.98 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $657.67 | $662.20 | $206.68 – $1,127 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $904.61 | $904.61 | $853.48 – $955.74 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $952.26 | $952.26 | $898.43 – $1,006 |
Last updated: Aug 2, 2026
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