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
H IR 20611 ARTHROCENTESIS LG JT W US GUIDE
Chicago, IL
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Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago’s median price of $3.1k is 569% above the median hospital's median price ($463), higher than 98% of the 2,401 hospitals reporting CPT 20611. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 42 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 | Medicare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $657.22 | $657.22 | $657.22 – $657.22 |
| 2 | Magellan magellan behavioral health per diem · inpatient | $900.00 | $900.00 | $900.00 – $900.00 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,624 | $1,624 | $1,624 – $1,624 |
| 4 | Cigna cigna local plus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,624 | $1,624 | $1,624 – $1,624 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,674 | $1,674 | $1,674 – $1,674 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,763 | $1,763 | $1,763 – $1,763 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,933 | $1,933 | $1,933 – $1,933 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna northwestern percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,933 | $1,933 | $1,933 – $1,933 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,049 | $2,049 | $2,049 – $2,049 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna illinois preferred percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,049 | $2,049 | $2,049 – $2,049 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield unified physicians network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,165 | $2,165 | $2,165 – $2,165 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,227 | $2,227 | $2,227 – $2,227 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna c-5 percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,227 | $2,227 | $2,227 – $2,227 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,320 | $2,320 | $2,320 – $2,320 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield dupage medical group percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,320 | $2,320 | $2,320 – $2,320 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,320 | $2,320 | $2,320 – $2,320 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northwestern medicine physician network ipa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,320 | $2,320 | $2,320 – $2,320 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,513 | $2,513 | $2,513 – $2,513 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield northshore physician associates percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,513 | $2,513 | $2,513 – $2,513 |
| 20 | Medicare medicare per diem · inpatient | $2,656 | $2,656 | $2,656 – $2,656 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,706 | $2,706 | $2,706 – $2,706 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield illinois health partners percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,706 | $2,706 | $2,706 – $2,706 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,706 | $2,706 | $2,706 – $2,706 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield lake county physician association percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,706 | $2,706 | $2,706 – $2,706 |
| 25 | Cigna cigna percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,745 | $2,745 | $2,745 – $2,745 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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