RC 981

Emergency department visit, professional fee, minor level at Ukiah Adventist Hospital

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from medium joint

Ukiah, CA

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Ukiah Adventist Hospital’s median price of $139 is 40% below the median hospital's median price ($232), higher than 29% of the 415 hospitals reporting RC 981. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting RC 981 at Ukiah Adventist Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 15 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	Cigna cigna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$17	$17	—	—	—	$17 – $17
2	Kaiser kaiser medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient	$38	$63	$91	145%	—	$4 – $994
3	Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient	$38	$63	$91	145%	—	$4 – $994
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcs-all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$66	$66	—	—	—	$66 – $66
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs fee schedule · outpatient	$66	$66	—	—	—	$66 – $66
6	Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$113	$171	$179	104%	—	$7 – $1.7k
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient	$121	$192	$195	102%	—	$7 – $1.6k
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield-all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$121	$192	$195	102%	—	$7 – $1.6k
9	Kaiser kaiser mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient	$121	$192	$195	102%	—	$7 – $1.6k
10	Cigna cigna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient	$163	$246	$252	103%	—	$9 – $2.2k
11	UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp 1/1/25 fee schedule · outpatient	$166	$251	$261	104%	—	$10 – $2.3k
12	UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer-all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$173	$261	$271	104%	—	$10 – $2.4k
13	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn-all other plans fee schedule · outpatient	$277	$372	$364	98%	—	$23 – $3.9k
14	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient	$293	$393	$385	98%	—	$25 – $4.1k
15	Kaiser kaiser-all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$361	$582	$630	108%	50–158	$20 – $5.0k

Last updated: May 24, 2026

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