Joint or bursa drainage or injection without ultrasound guidance at Lancaster General Health

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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Original text from hospital filings

HC ARTHROCENTESIS SMALL JT/BURSA

Lancaster, PA

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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $320 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($374), higher than 39% of the 2,514 hospitals reporting CPT 20600. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 20600 at Lancaster General Health

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 35 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	Medicaid medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$18	$18	—	—	—	$18 – $18
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$212	$216	$107	50%	—	$106 – $334
3	Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$243	$240	$41	17%	—	$195 – $281
4	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$283	$283	$7	2%	—	$276 – $290
5	Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$309	$309	—	—	—	$309 – $309
6	Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$312	$312	—	—	—	$312 – $312
7	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$312	$312	—	—	—	$312 – $312
8	Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient	$315	$315	—	—	—	$315 – $315
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$317	$317	—	—	—	$317 – $317
10	Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$318	$318	—	—	—	$318 – $318
11	Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient	$318	$318	—	—	—	$318 – $318
12	Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient	$314	$320	$159	50%	—	$158 – $496
13	Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$321	$321	—	—	—	$321 – $321
14	Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient	$327	$327	—	—	—	$327 – $327
15	Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient	$378	$385	$192	50%	—	$189 – $596
16	Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient	$434	$442	$220	50%	—	$217 – $684
17	Aetna aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$439	$447	$223	50%	—	$220 – $692
18	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$494	$494	$17	3%	—	$478 – $511
19	Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$489	$499	$248	50%	—	$245 – $771
20	Cigna cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$524	$534	$266	50%	—	$263 – $826
21	Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient	$539	$550	$274	50%	—	$271 – $851
22	Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$542	$553	$275	50%	—	$272 – $855
23	Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$551	$562	$279	50%	—	$276 – $869
24	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$551	$562	$279	50%	—	$276 – $869
25	Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient	$608	$608	—	—	—	$608 – $608

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Last updated: Mar 31, 2026

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