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
Spearfish, SD
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Monument Health Network Inc’s median price of $643 is 72% above the median hospital's median price ($374), higher than 77% 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: 4 payers, 10 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 | Medica medica mcaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $265 | $265 | — | — | 1–10 | $265 – $265 |
| 4 | Medica medica mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $333 | $333 | — | — | — | $333 – $333 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv other · outpatient | $336 | $336 | — | — | — | $336 – $336 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $623 | $623 | — | — | 1–10 | $623 – $623 |
| 7 | Medica medica commercial - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $742 | $742 | — | — | 1–10 | $742 – $742 |
| 8 | Wellmark bcbs wellmark - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $838 | $838 | — | — | — | $838 – $838 |
| 9 | MultiPlan multiplan/phcs - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $858 | $858 | — | — | — | $858 – $858 |
| 10 | Wellmark bcbs wellmark mcr adv other · outpatient | $926 | $926 | — | — | — | $926 – $926 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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