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
HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ INTERM JT/BURS W/US
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $1.1k is 34% above the median hospital's median price ($823), higher than 71% of the 2,252 hospitals reporting CPT 20606. 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, 11 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 | Molina molina medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard fee schedule · outpatient | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $255 | $255 | — | — | — | $255 – $255 |
| 5 | Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $577 | $577 | — | — | — | $577 – $577 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna - hmo/pos percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 7 | Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - promise percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 9 | Cigna cigna - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 11 | Kaiser kaiser - rehab percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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