RC 983
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
Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint
Glendale, CA
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Glendale Adventist Medical Center’s median price of $104 is 31% below the median hospital's median price ($150), higher than 34% of the 351 hospitals reporting RC 983. 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, 29 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $41 | $75 | $87 | 117% | — | $2 – $464 |
| 2 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $41 | $75 | $87 | 117% | — | $2 – $464 |
| 3 | Molina molina mcal fee schedule · outpatient | $41 | $75 | $87 | 117% | — | $2 – $464 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcs - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $56 | $106 | $93 | 88% | — | $26 – $236 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $56 | $106 | $93 | 88% | — | $26 – $236 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna all other - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $108 | $122 | $119 | 97% | — | $12 – $473 |
| 7 | Cigna cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $108 | $122 | $119 | 97% | — | $12 – $473 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield - all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $81 | $153 | $186 | 122% | — | $2 – $1.3k |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $81 | $154 | $187 | 121% | — | $2 – $1.3k |
| 10 | Molina molina mcr fee schedule · outpatient | $81 | $154 | $187 | 121% | — | $2 – $1.3k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $81 | $154 | $187 | 121% | — | $2 – $1.3k |
| 12 | Aetna aetna - all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $84 | $157 | $188 | 120% | — | $0 – $1.3k |
| 13 | Optum optum health - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $84 | $158 | $192 | 122% | — | $2 – $1.3k |
| 14 | Optum optum health mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $84 | $159 | $193 | 121% | — | $2 – $1.3k |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $85 | $160 | $195 | 121% | — | $2 – $1.3k |
| 16 | Cigna cigna all other - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $100 | $179 | $214 | 120% | — | $3 – $1.5k |
| 17 | Cigna cigna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $100 | $179 | $214 | 120% | — | $3 – $1.5k |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $109 | $199 | $241 | 121% | — | $3 – $1.7k |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare uhc hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $109 | $199 | $241 | 121% | — | $3 – $1.7k |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $109 | $199 | $241 | 121% | — | $3 – $1.7k |
| 21 | Molina molina exchange - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $110 | $207 | $251 | 122% | — | $2 – $1.7k |
| 22 | Aetna aetna - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $112 | $212 | $186 | 88% | — | $52 – $473 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $170 | $301 | $526 | 175% | — | $3 – $8.1k |
| 24 | First Health first health- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $153 | $307 | $389 | 127% | — | $4 – $2.7k |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non epn fee schedule · outpatient | $179 | $318 | $556 | 175% | — | $3 – $8.5k |
Last updated: Jul 30, 2026
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