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
INJ/ASPIRATE INTERM JOINT W/O US
Park Ridge, IL
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Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s median price of $471 is 23% above the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 60% 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: 8 payers, 13 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 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $366.86 | $366.86 | $366.86 – $366.86 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $387.60 | $387.60 | $387.60 – $387.60 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $395.08 | $395.08 | $395.08 – $395.08 |
| 4 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $401.20 | $401.20 | $353.60 – $448.80 |
| 5 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $446.18 | $446.18 | $446.18 – $446.18 |
| 6 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $446.18 | $446.18 | $446.18 – $446.18 |
| 7 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $461.57 | $461.57 | $461.57 – $461.57 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $462.06 | $462.06 | $444.04 – $480.08 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $505.24 | $505.24 | $505.24 – $505.24 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $544.00 | $544.00 | $544.00 – $544.00 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $544.00 | $544.00 | $544.00 – $544.00 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,686 | $4,101 | $3,181 – $5,437 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6,291 | $6,291 | $6,291 – $6,291 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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