Ultrasound-guided joint or bursa drainage or injection at Carolinas Medical Center

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.

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HC INJECT JOINT MAJOR W/US GUID

Charlotte, NC

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Carolinas Medical Center’s median price of $1.1k is 127% above the median hospital's median price ($463), higher than 81% of the 2,401 hospitals reporting CPT 20611. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 20611 at Carolinas Medical Center

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 15 payers, 58 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	Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$51.59	$51.59	$51.59 – $51.59
2	UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$51.59	$51.59	$51.59 – $51.59
3	WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$51.59	$51.59	$51.59 – $51.59
4	Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$54.30	$54.30	$54.30 – $54.30
5	Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$55.39	$55.39	$55.39 – $55.39
6	Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$56.20	$56.20	$56.20 – $56.20
7	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both	$56.36	$56.36	$56.36 – $56.36
8	Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient	$59.57	$59.57	$59.57 – $59.57
9	Molina managed medicaid case rate · outpatient	$75.38	$75.38	$75.38 – $75.38
10	Medcost ppo fee schedule · both	$154.66	$154.66	$154.66 – $154.66
11	Medcost ultra fee schedule · both	$154.66	$154.66	$154.66 – $154.66
12	Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial fee schedule · both	$189.81	$189.81	$189.81 – $189.81
13	Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both	$198.71	$198.71	$198.71 – $198.71
14	UnitedHealthcare hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both	$199.60	$199.60	$199.60 – $199.60
15	Aetna broad network fee schedule · both	$209.41	$209.41	$209.41 – $209.41
16	Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$286.37	$286.37	$286.37 – $286.37
17	Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$290.58	$290.58	$290.58 – $290.58
18	Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$294.79	$294.79	$294.79 – $294.79
19	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$295.66	$295.66	$295.66 – $295.66
20	Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$514.88	$514.88	$514.88 – $514.88
21	WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$524.56	$524.56	$524.56 – $524.56
22	Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$625.60	$625.60	$625.60 – $625.60
23	Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$685.80	$685.80	$685.80 – $685.80
24	Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$715.31	$715.31	$715.31 – $715.31
25	UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$762.52	$762.52	$762.52 – $762.52

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