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
Puncture Aspiration Abscess Hematoma Bulla/Cyst
Towson, MD
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center’s median price of $139 is 69% below the median hospital's median price ($445), higher than 7% of the 2,486 hospitals reporting CPT 10160. 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, 21 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 | Aetna pb aetna better health of maryland professional · fee schedule · both | $103.10 | $103.10 | $103.10 – $103.10 |
| 2 | Medicaid pb medicaid facility and non facility professional · fee schedule · both | $103.10 | $103.10 | $103.10 – $103.10 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare pb united community care reimbursement contract professional · fee schedule · both | $103.10 | $103.10 | $103.10 – $103.10 |
| 4 | Aetna pb aetna medicare reimbursement contract professional · fee schedule · both | $124.21 | $124.21 | $124.21 – $124.21 |
| 5 | Carefirst pb carefirst medicare advantage ppo professional · fee schedule · both | $139.12 | $139.12 | $139.12 – $139.12 |
| 6 | Cigna pb cigna healthspring-medicare professional · fee schedule · both | $139.12 | $139.12 | $139.12 – $139.12 |
| 7 | Humana pb humana medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $139.12 | $139.12 | $139.12 – $139.12 |
| 8 | Medicare pb medicare reimbursement professional · fee schedule · both | $139.12 | $139.12 | $139.12 – $139.12 |
| 9 | MultiPlan pb multiplan insurances professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $139.12 | $139.12 | $139.12 – $139.12 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare pb united medicare fac and non facility professional · fee schedule · both | $139.12 | $139.12 | $139.12 – $139.12 |
| 11 | Aetna pb aetna commercial reimbursement contract professional · fee schedule · both | $147.59 | $147.59 | $147.59 – $147.59 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare pb united commercial mamsi and non options facility and non facility professional · fee schedule · both | $166.85 | $166.85 | $166.85 – $166.85 |
| 13 | Cigna pb cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $180.68 | $180.68 | $180.68 – $180.68 |
| 14 | First Health pb first health (aetna) professional · fee schedule · both | $180.86 | $180.86 | $180.86 – $180.86 |
| 15 | MultiPlan pb multiplan insurances professional · fee schedule · both | $180.86 | $180.86 | $180.86 – $180.86 |
| 16 | MultiPlan pb multiplan insurances professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $180.86 | $180.86 | $180.86 – $180.86 |
| 17 | Kaiser pb kaiser reimbursement contract professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $190.59 | $190.59 | $190.59 – $190.59 |
| 18 | Kaiser pb kaiser reimbursement contract professional · fee schedule · both | $196.16 | $196.16 | $196.16 – $196.16 |
| 19 | Kaiser pb kaiser reimbursement contract professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $196.16 | $196.16 | $196.16 – $196.16 |
| 20 | Carefirst pb carefirst bc facility and non facility specialists professional · fee schedule · both | $202.77 | $202.77 | $202.77 – $202.77 |
| 21 | Carefirst pb carefirst rpn fac and non facility specialists professional · fee schedule · both | $220.51 | $220.51 | $220.51 – $220.51 |
Last updated: Jul 1, 2026
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