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 small joint
Custer, SD
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Monument Health Network Inc’s median price of $813 is 117% above the median hospital's median price ($374), higher than 82% of the 2,514 hospitals reporting CPT 20600. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 12 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 medica mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 2 | Wellmark bcbs wellmark mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $30 | $30 | — | — | — | $30 – $30 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $226 | $226 | — | — | — | $226 – $226 |
| 4 | Medica medica mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $231 | $231 | — | — | — | $231 – $231 |
| 5 | Wellmark bcbs wellmark mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $231 | $231 | — | — | 1–10 | $231 – $231 |
| 6 | Medica medica mcaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $301 | $301 | — | — | 1–10 | $301 – $301 |
| 7 | Wellmark bcbs wellmark - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $813 | $813 | — | — | 1–10 | $813 – $813 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $858 | $858 | — | — | — | $858 – $858 |
| 9 | MultiPlan multiplan/phcs - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $858 | $858 | — | — | — | $858 – $858 |
| 10 | Medica medica commercial - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $877 | $877 | — | — | 1–10 | $877 – $877 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare uhc - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $877 | $877 | — | — | — | $877 – $877 |
| 12 | Humana humana commercial - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $903 | $903 | — | — | 1–10 | $903 – $903 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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