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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PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ INTERM JT/BURS W/O US
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $88 is 77% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 8% of the 2,518 hospitals reporting CPT 20605. 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 | $32.55 | $32.55 | $32.55 – $32.55 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $34.26 | $34.26 | $34.26 – $34.26 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $35.85 | $35.85 | $35.85 – $35.85 |
| 4 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $39.40 | $39.40 | $39.40 – $39.40 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $51.92 | $51.92 | $51.92 – $51.92 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $67.19 | $67.19 | $61.74 – $72.64 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $71.84 | $71.84 | $71.84 – $71.84 |
| 8 | Bcbs Vt indemnity/the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $78.60 | $78.60 | $78.60 – $78.60 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $87.41 | $87.41 | $87.41 – $87.41 |
| 10 | MultiPlan group health professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $88.35 | $88.35 | $88.35 – $88.35 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $118.90 | $118.90 | $118.90 – $118.90 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $168.73 | $168.73 | $168.73 – $168.73 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $168.73 | $168.73 | $168.73 – $168.73 |
| 14 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $172.32 | $172.32 | $172.32 – $172.32 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $280.02 | $280.02 | $280.02 – $280.02 |
| 16 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $280.43 | $280.43 | $280.43 – $280.43 |
| 17 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $312.69 | $312.69 | $312.69 – $312.69 |
| 18 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $312.69 | $312.69 | $312.69 – $312.69 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $326.51 | $326.51 | $326.51 – $326.51 |
| 20 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $341.05 | $341.05 | $341.05 – $341.05 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $355.41 | $355.41 | $355.41 – $355.41 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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