Joint or bursa drainage or injection without ultrasound guidance at Wheeling Hospital, Inc.

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 SMALL JOINT

Wheeling, WV

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Wheeling Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $310 is 17% below the median hospital's median price ($374), higher than 36% of the 2,514 hospitals reporting CPT 20600. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 20600 at Wheeling Hospital, Inc.

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 25 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	UnitedHealthcare unison kids facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$19	$19	—	—	—	$19 – $19
2	Highmark all pla facility · case rate · outpatient	$25	$25	—	—	—	$25 – $25
3	Highmark highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient	$25	$25	—	—	—	$25 – $25
4	Aetna Better Health chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$63	$63	$45	71%	—	$18 – $107
5	Highmark chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$105	$105	—	—	—	$105 – $105
6	Highmark mgd mcaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$105	$105	—	—	—	$105 – $105
7	Aetna better health mgd medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient	$107	$107	—	—	—	$107 – $107
8	Caresource managed medicaid facility · other · outpatient	$109	$109	—	—	2–20	$109 – $109
9	Molina managed medicaid facility · other · outpatient	$109	$109	—	—	1–10	$109 – $109
10	Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · other · outpatient	$114	$114	—	—	1–10	$114 – $114
11	Highmark highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid facility · other · outpatient	$192	$199	$26	13%	—	$192 – $288
12	Anthem anthem pathway facility · other · outpatient	$295	$306	$39	13%	—	$295 – $443
13	Caresource all plans facility · other · outpatient	$295	$306	$39	13%	—	$295 – $443
14	Molina all plans facility · other · outpatient	$295	$306	$39	13%	—	$295 – $443
15	Anthem hmo facility · other · outpatient	$304	$316	$40	13%	—	$304 – $456
16	Highmark all pla facility · other · outpatient	$304	$316	$41	13%	—	$304 – $456
17	Highmark all plans facility · other · outpatient	$307	$319	$40	13%	—	$307 – $461
18	Aetna all plans facility · other · outpatient	$310	$322	$41	13%	—	$310 – $465
19	Humana all plans facility · other · outpatient	$310	$322	$41	13%	—	$310 – $465
20	UnitedHealthcare all plans facility · other · outpatient	$322	$334	$42	13%	—	$322 – $483
21	Caresource caresource oh exchange facility · other · outpatient	$325	$337	$43	13%	—	$325 – $488
22	Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$676	$676	—	—	1–10	$676 – $676
23	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.0k	$1.0k	$337	33%	2–20	$674 – $1.3k
24	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield ppo facility · other · outpatient	$1.3k	$1.3k	$164	13%	—	$1.3k – $1.9k
25	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield traditional facility · other · outpatient	$1.3k	$1.3k	$164	13%	—	$1.3k – $1.9k

Last updated: Jul 9, 2026

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