Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (small joint) cost in El Centro, CA — inpatient

In El Centro, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $1,190.00 to $1,190.00, with a median of $1,190.00. Across California, the median is $728.00 at 156 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20600, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 1, 2026 and Feb 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,190.00Pioneers Memorial Hospital

Median$1,190.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$1,190.00in this market

Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Pioneers Memorial Hospital one side Brawley, CA · (760) 351-3333 IR Joint/Bursa Small Arthr/Asp/Inj Right File of Feb 1, 2026 · source file	$1,190.00	$4,760.00	$46.46–$4,760.00	75%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

One side of the body : lowest $1,190.00, median $1,190.00, highest $1,190.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $107.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.