Joint injection (small joint) cost in Cape Girardeau, MO
In Cape Girardeau, MO-IL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes): from $108.75 to $339.95, with a median of $224.35. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Southeast — $115.60 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $138.13 at 30 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 20600, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Cape Girardeau, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Small Jt/Bursa W/O US | $108.75 | $145.00 | $31.31–$140.93 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Asp/Inj Small Jt WO US Guid | $108.75 | $145.00 | $43.50–$116.00 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Small Jt/Bursa W/O US | $108.75 | $145.00 | $31.31–$140.93 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast lowest Cape Girardeau, MO Asp/Inj Small Jt WO US Guid | $108.75 | $145.00 | $43.50–$116.00 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO · (573) 334-4822 Asp/Inj Small Jt WO US Guid | $339.95 | $523.00 | $14,290.50 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast both sides Cape Girardeau, MO · (573) 334-4822 Bilat Asp/Inj Small Jt WO US Guid | $578.50 | $890.00 | $14,290.50 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $108.75, median $224.35, highest $339.95 — a 3.1× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $578.50, median $578.50, highest $578.50.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $108.75. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This code covers injecting or draining a small joint, such as a finger or toe joint.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the injection. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20600 ($376.80). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MOAsp/Inj Small Jt WO US Guid Mlp | $24.05 | file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MOAsp/Inj Small Jt WO US Guid Pf | $28.60 | file |