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 medium joint
Tulare, CA
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Adventist Health Tulare’s median price of $91 is 76% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 8% 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: 6 payers, 27 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare fee schedule · outpatient | $31.91 | $31.91 | $31.91 – $31.91 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $31.91 | $31.91 | $31.91 – $31.91 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $31.91 | $31.91 | $31.91 – $31.91 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $35.73 | $35.73 | $35.73 – $35.73 |
| 5 | Cigna cigna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $45.83 | $45.83 | $45.83 – $45.83 |
| 6 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $46.73 | $46.73 | $39.00 – $54.46 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $49.20 | $49.20 | $49.20 – $49.20 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll fee schedule · outpatient | $49.20 | $49.20 | $49.20 – $49.20 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcal fee schedule · outpatient | $51.50 | $51.50 | $39.00 – $63.99 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn fee schedule · outpatient | $88.25 | $88.25 | $88.25 – $88.25 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $93.26 | $93.26 | $93.26 – $93.26 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non mcs - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $102.17 | $102.17 | $102.17 – $102.17 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcare other · outpatient | $394.79 | $394.79 | $394.79 – $394.79 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans other · outpatient | $394.79 | $394.79 | $394.79 – $394.79 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv other · outpatient | $394.79 | $394.79 | $394.79 – $394.79 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $658.86 | $658.86 | $658.86 – $658.86 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $911.15 | $911.15 | $911.15 – $911.15 |
| 18 | Cigna cigna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $965.36 | $965.36 | $965.36 – $965.36 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll case rate · outpatient | $1,139 | $1,139 | $1,139 – $1,139 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,199 | $1,199 | $1,199 – $1,199 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,220 | $1,220 | $1,220 – $1,220 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,435 | $1,435 | $1,435 – $1,435 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,510 | $1,510 | $1,510 – $1,510 |
| 24 | MultiPlan multiplan - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,772 | $1,772 | $1,772 – $1,772 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna-all plans case rate · outpatient | $2,667 | $2,667 | $2,667 – $2,667 |
Last updated: May 22, 2026
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