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 SMALL JOINT W/O US
Chicago, IL
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Advocate Trinity Hospital’s median price of $440 is 18% above the median hospital's median price ($374), higher than 60% of the 2,514 hospitals reporting CPT 20600. 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 | $324 | $324 | — | — | — | $324 – $324 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $333 | $333 | — | — | — | $333 – $333 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $339 | $339 | — | — | — | $339 – $339 |
| 4 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $354 | $354 | $42 | 12% | — | $312 – $396 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $397 | $397 | $16 | 4% | — | $382 – $413 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $434 | $434 | — | — | — | $434 – $434 |
| 7 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $446 | $446 | — | — | — | $446 – $446 |
| 8 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $446 | $446 | — | — | — | $446 – $446 |
| 9 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $462 | $462 | — | — | — | $462 – $462 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $480 | $480 | — | — | — | $480 – $480 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $480 | $480 | — | — | — | $480 – $480 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3.7k | $4.1k | $967 | 24% | — | $3.2k – $5.4k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6.3k | $6.3k | — | — | — | $6.3k – $6.3k |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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