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
DRAIN/IN MEDIUM JOINT/BURSA(T)
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital’s median price of $296 is 23% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 28% 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: 8 payers, 31 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 | $136.70 | $136.70 | $136.70 – $136.70 |
| 2 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $164.37 | $164.37 | $164.37 – $164.37 |
| 3 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $177.14 | $177.14 | $177.14 – $177.14 |
| 4 | Sanford Health Plan commercial-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $177.14 | $177.14 | $177.14 – $177.14 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $182.38 | $182.38 | $182.38 – $182.38 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $182.38 | $182.38 | $182.38 – $182.38 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $185.85 | $185.85 | $185.85 – $185.85 |
| 8 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $186.47 | $186.47 | $186.47 – $186.47 |
| 9 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $186.47 | $186.47 | $186.47 – $186.47 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $227.15 | $227.15 | $227.15 – $227.15 |
| 11 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $228.39 | $228.39 | $228.39 – $228.39 |
| 12 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $234.58 | $234.58 | $234.58 – $234.58 |
| 13 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $240.37 | $240.37 | $228.39 – $252.34 |
| 14 | Healthpartners shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $247.39 | $247.39 | $247.39 – $247.39 |
| 15 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $271.75 | $271.75 | $271.75 – $271.75 |
| 16 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $271.75 | $271.75 | $271.75 – $271.75 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $295.29 | $295.29 | $295.29 – $295.29 |
| 18 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $295.29 | $295.29 | $295.29 – $295.29 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $296.06 | $296.06 | $296.06 – $296.06 |
| 20 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $296.06 | $296.06 | $296.06 – $296.06 |
| 21 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $296.06 | $296.06 | $296.06 – $296.06 |
| 22 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $296.06 | $296.06 | $296.06 – $296.06 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $296.06 | $296.06 | $296.06 – $296.06 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $302.32 | $302.32 | $302.32 – $302.32 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $313.88 | $313.88 | $313.88 – $313.88 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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