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 MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $115 is 71% below the median hospital's median price ($393), higher than 8% of the 2,601 hospitals reporting CPT 20610. 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 | $39.77 | $39.77 | $39.77 – $39.77 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $41.86 | $41.86 | $41.86 – $41.86 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $42.39 | $42.39 | $42.39 – $42.39 |
| 4 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $48.14 | $48.14 | $48.14 – $48.14 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $61.14 | $61.14 | $61.14 – $61.14 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $81.91 | $81.91 | $75.27 – $88.55 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $90.38 | $90.38 | $90.38 – $90.38 |
| 8 | Bcbs Vt indemnity/the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $93.09 | $93.09 | $93.09 – $93.09 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $103.82 | $103.82 | $103.82 – $103.82 |
| 10 | MultiPlan group health professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $111.15 | $111.15 | $111.15 – $111.15 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $138.97 | $138.97 | $138.97 – $138.97 |
| 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 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $232.02 | $232.02 | $232.02 – $232.02 |
| 16 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $232.02 | $232.02 | $232.02 – $232.02 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $280.02 | $280.02 | $280.02 – $280.02 |
| 18 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $280.43 | $280.43 | $280.43 – $280.43 |
| 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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