What UnitedHealthcare Pays for CPT 20610 in Nebraska
Joint or bursa injection or aspiration, major joint. Office place of service. Straight from UnitedHealthcare's own Transparency in Coverage file.
Median rate
$85.84
across 80 published rates
Typical range
$70.27
25th percentile
$124.06
75th percentile
vs Medicare
136%
Medicare pays $63.12
When a Nebraska practice bills UnitedHealthcare for CPT 20610, the file shows a median negotiated office rate of $85.84. Half of the rates in the file sit above that number and half below, and most cluster between $70.27 and $124.06. Against the Medicare office rate of $63.12 for the same code and state, the median lands at about 136 percent of Medicare.
The spread matters as much as the median. A wide gap between the 25th and 75th percentile means UnitedHealthcare pays very differently for the same work depending on who negotiated the contract. If you are near the bottom of that range, the payer is already paying other Nebraska practices more for identical claims, which is exactly the argument that moves a fee-schedule negotiation.
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Based on 80 published rates. Medicare pays about $63.12 here.
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