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 INTERMED JOINT W/O US
Charlotte, NC
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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority’s median price of $501 is 31% above the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 64% 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: 14 payers, 55 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $31.93 | $31.93 | $31.93 – $31.93 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $31.93 | $31.93 | $31.93 – $31.93 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $31.93 | $31.93 | $31.93 – $31.93 |
| 4 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $33.90 | $33.90 | $33.90 – $33.90 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $34.58 | $34.58 | $34.58 – $34.58 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $35.09 | $35.09 | $35.09 – $35.09 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both | $35.18 | $35.18 | $35.18 – $35.18 |
| 8 | Medcost ppo fee schedule · both | $94.86 | $94.86 | $94.86 – $94.86 |
| 9 | Medcost ultra fee schedule · both | $94.86 | $94.86 | $94.86 – $94.86 |
| 10 | Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial fee schedule · both | $104.51 | $104.51 | $104.51 – $104.51 |
| 11 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $115.26 | $114.55 | $113.12 – $115.26 |
| 12 | Aetna broad network fee schedule · both | $115.30 | $115.30 | $115.30 – $115.30 |
| 13 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $117.42 | $116.69 | $115.24 – $117.42 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $120.64 | $120.64 | $120.64 – $120.64 |
| 15 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $122.89 | $122.89 | $122.89 – $122.89 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $169.88 | $168.83 | $166.73 – $169.88 |
| 17 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $286.37 | $286.37 | $286.37 – $286.37 |
| 18 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $290.58 | $290.58 | $290.58 – $290.58 |
| 19 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $294.79 | $294.79 | $294.79 – $294.79 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $295.66 | $295.66 | $295.66 – $295.66 |
| 21 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $300.92 | $299.06 | $295.34 – $300.92 |
| 22 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $329.88 | $327.84 | $323.76 – $329.88 |
| 23 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $344.07 | $341.94 | $337.69 – $344.07 |
| 24 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $329.33 | $350.82 | $280.37 – $442.75 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $366.78 | $366.78 | $366.78 – $366.78 |
Last updated: Dec 5, 2025
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