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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HC ARTHOCENTESIS, INTERMEDIATE JOINT/BURSA
Shreveport, LA
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University Health Shreveport, Llc’s median price of $277 is 28% below the median hospital's median price ($383), higher than 22% 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: 10 payers, 14 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $120.90 | $120.90 | $80.60 – $161.20 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $120.90 | $120.90 | $80.60 – $161.20 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $120.90 | $120.90 | $80.60 – $161.20 |
| 4 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $178.50 | $192.69 | $119.00 – $415.50 |
| 5 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $214.26 | $227.52 | $80.60 – $400.97 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $346.25 | $346.25 | $277.00 – $415.50 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $346.25 | $346.25 | $277.00 – $415.50 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $346.25 | $346.25 | $277.00 – $415.50 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $346.25 | $346.25 | $277.00 – $415.50 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $421.05 | $421.05 | $280.70 – $561.40 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,235 | $1,235 | $988.00 – $1,482 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,256 | $1,286 | $910.00 – $1,721 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,591 | $1,591 | $1,273 – $1,910 |
| 14 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,591 | $1,591 | $1,273 – $1,910 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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