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
PR FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BX W/O IMG GDN 1ST LESION
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $169 is 63% below the median hospital's median price ($463), higher than 12% of the 2,193 hospitals reporting CPT 10021. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 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 | Humana tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $48.38 | $48.38 | $48.38 – $48.38 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $50.93 | $50.93 | $50.93 – $50.93 |
| 3 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $58.57 | $58.57 | $58.57 – $58.57 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $65.35 | $65.35 | $65.35 – $65.35 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $80.06 | $80.06 | $73.57 – $86.55 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $94.93 | $94.93 | $94.93 – $94.93 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $98.88 | $98.88 | $98.88 – $98.88 |
| 8 | Bcbs Vt indemnity/the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $118.82 | $118.82 | $118.82 – $118.82 |
| 9 | MultiPlan group health professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $121.60 | $121.60 | $121.60 – $121.60 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $202.25 | $202.25 | $202.25 – $202.25 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $221.24 | $221.24 | $221.24 – $221.24 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $273.54 | $273.54 | $273.54 – $273.54 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $273.54 | $273.54 | $273.54 – $273.54 |
| 14 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $279.36 | $279.36 | $279.36 – $279.36 |
| 15 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $379.55 | $379.55 | $379.55 – $379.55 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $453.96 | $453.96 | $453.96 – $453.96 |
| 17 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $506.92 | $506.92 | $506.92 – $506.92 |
| 18 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $506.92 | $506.92 | $506.92 – $506.92 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $529.33 | $529.33 | $529.33 – $529.33 |
| 20 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $552.90 | $552.90 | $552.90 – $552.90 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $576.18 | $576.18 | $576.18 – $576.18 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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