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 ARTHOCENTESIS, INTERMEDIATE JOINT/BURSA
Baton Rouge, LA
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East Baton Rouge Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $227 is 41% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 18% 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: 12 payers, 14 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 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $91.82 | $91.82 | $61.21 – $122.43 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $91.82 | $91.82 | $61.21 – $122.43 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $94.58 | $94.58 | $63.05 – $126.10 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $94.58 | $94.58 | $63.05 – $126.10 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $127.13 | $142.37 | $112.41 – $271.42 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $219.44 | $219.44 | $219.44 – $219.44 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $271.42 | $271.42 | $271.42 – $271.42 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $271.42 | $271.42 | $271.42 – $271.42 |
| 9 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $271.42 | $271.42 | $271.42 – $271.42 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $280.80 | $280.80 | $187.20 – $374.40 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $374.40 | $374.40 | $249.60 – $499.20 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,422 | $1,422 | $1,338 – $1,506 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,964 | $1,964 | $1,964 – $1,964 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,235 | $3,235 | $3,235 – $3,235 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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