Ultrasound-guided joint or bursa drainage or injection at Essentia Health Duluth

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

DRAIN/INJECT SM JOINT/BURSA W/ US GUIDE

Duluth, MN

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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $304 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($413), higher than 26% of the 2,136 hospitals reporting CPT 20604. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 20604 at Essentia Health Duluth

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 25 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	Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$243	$243	—	—	—	$243 – $243
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$290	$290	—	—	—	$290 – $290
3	Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$290	$290	—	—	—	$290 – $290
4	Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$290	$290	—	—	—	$290 – $290
5	Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$290	$290	—	—	—	$290 – $290
6	UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$290	$290	—	—	—	$290 – $290
7	Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$293	$293	—	—	—	$293 – $293
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$304	$304	—	—	—	$304 – $304
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$304	$304	—	—	—	$304 – $304
10	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$315	$315	—	—	—	$315 – $315
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$331	$331	—	—	—	$331 – $331
12	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$332	$332	—	—	—	$332 – $332
13	Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$406	$406	—	—	—	$406 – $406
14	Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$417	$417	—	—	—	$417 – $417
15	Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$428	$428	$21	5%	—	$406 – $449
16	Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$466	$466	—	—	—	$466 – $466
17	Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$484	$484	—	—	—	$484 – $484
18	Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$523	$523	—	—	—	$523 – $523
19	Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$523	$523	—	—	—	$523 – $523
20	Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$526	$526	—	—	—	$526 – $526
21	Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$526	$526	—	—	—	$526 – $526
22	Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$526	$526	—	—	—	$526 – $526
23	UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$538	$538	—	—	—	$538 – $538
24	Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$559	$559	—	—	—	$559 – $559
25	Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$625	$625	—	—	—	$625 – $625

Last updated: Jan 1, 2026

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