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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HB Arthrocentesis Intermediate
Galveston, TX
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The University of Texas Medical Branch’s median price of $114 is 70% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 10% 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: 11 payers, 62 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare fee schedule · inpatient | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 – $15.95 |
| 2 | Cigna medicare fee schedule · inpatient | $15.95 | $15.95 | $15.95 – $15.95 |
| 3 | WellCare medicare fee schedule · inpatient | $16.74 | $16.74 | $16.74 – $16.74 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage hmo fee schedule · inpatient | $16.82 | $16.82 | $16.82 – $16.82 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials hmo fee schedule · inpatient | $17.02 | $17.02 | $17.02 – $17.02 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo pos fee schedule · inpatient | $17.62 | $17.62 | $17.62 – $17.62 |
| 7 | Humana medicare fee schedule · inpatient | $18.49 | $18.49 | $18.49 – $18.49 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · inpatient | $18.49 | $18.49 | $18.49 – $18.49 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · inpatient | $19.29 | $19.29 | $19.29 – $19.29 |
| 10 | Oscar all contracted plans fee schedule · inpatient | $19.93 | $19.93 | $19.93 – $19.93 |
| 11 | Aetna marketplace plans fee schedule · inpatient | $24.25 | $24.25 | $24.25 – $24.25 |
| 12 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · inpatient | $25.21 | $25.21 | $25.21 – $25.21 |
| 13 | Aetna marketplace plans fee schedule · outpatient | $25.24 | $25.24 | $25.24 – $25.24 |
| 14 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $25.24 | $25.24 | $25.24 – $25.24 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ut select fee schedule · inpatient | $26.84 | $26.84 | $26.84 – $26.84 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare ppo hmo fee schedule · inpatient | $27.70 | $27.70 | $27.70 – $27.70 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $29.22 | $29.22 | $29.22 – $29.22 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid chip percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $29.22 | $29.22 | $29.22 – $29.22 |
| 19 | Molina medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $33.43 | $33.43 | $33.43 – $33.43 |
| 20 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $33.88 | $33.88 | $16.94 – $50.81 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $36.40 | $36.40 | $36.40 – $36.40 |
| 22 | Cigna hmo ppo pos fee schedule · both | $42.71 | $42.71 | $42.71 – $42.71 |
| 23 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · both | $50.81 | $50.81 | $50.81 – $50.81 |
| 24 | Aetna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $50.81 | $50.81 | $50.81 – $50.81 |
| 25 | Aetna ppo fee schedule · both | $50.81 | $50.81 | $50.81 – $50.81 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2023
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