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
PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ INTERM JT/BURS W/O US
Albany, NY
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Albany Medical Center Hospital’s median price of $103 is 73% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 9% 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: 7 payers, 70 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 essentialnonaliessa_csw_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $28.32 | $28.32 | $28.32 – $28.32 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $29.18 | $29.18 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| 3 | Tricare all products_nonphysician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $29.18 | $29.18 | $29.18 – $29.18 |
| 4 | Highmark medicare_midlevel_nof professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $31.78 | $31.78 | $31.78 – $31.78 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $32.10 | $32.10 | $32.10 – $32.10 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $34.33 | $34.33 | $34.33 – $34.33 |
| 7 | Highmark medicaid_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $34.33 | $34.33 | $34.33 – $34.33 |
| 8 | Tricare all products_physician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $34.33 | $34.33 | $34.33 – $34.33 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $34.33 | $34.33 | $34.33 – $34.33 |
| 10 | Aetna medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $35.70 | $35.70 | $35.70 – $35.70 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $35.93 | $35.93 | $35.93 – $35.93 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $36.90 | $36.90 | $36.90 – $36.90 |
| 13 | Highmark medicare_nof professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $37.39 | $37.39 | $37.39 – $37.39 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $37.76 | $37.76 | $37.76 – $37.76 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_csw_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $42.25 | $42.25 | $42.25 – $42.25 |
| 16 | Highmark medicare_midlevel_off professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $42.70 | $42.70 | $42.70 – $42.70 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $43.53 | $43.53 | $43.53 – $43.53 |
| 18 | Tricare all products_nonphysician_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $43.53 | $43.53 | $43.53 – $43.53 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $46.41 | $43.58 | $15.32 – $46.41 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare veterans affairs community care network (vaccn) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $46.41 | $43.58 | $15.32 – $46.41 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $47.88 | $47.88 | $47.88 – $47.88 |
| 22 | Highmark medicare_off professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $50.24 | $50.24 | $50.24 – $50.24 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $51.21 | $51.21 | $51.21 – $51.21 |
| 24 | Highmark medicaid_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $51.21 | $51.21 | $51.21 – $51.21 |
| 25 | Tricare all products_physician_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $51.21 | $51.21 | $51.21 – $51.21 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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