Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Houma, LA — inpatient

In Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) as an inpatient: from $223.72 to $269.72, with a median of $246.72. The lowest listed price is at Leonard J Chabert Medical Center — $23.00 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $241.46 at 44 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 20600, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$223.72Leonard J Chabert Medical Center

Median$246.72half of hospitals charge less

Highest$269.72in this market

Difference1.2×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA.

median

Lowest $223.72Highest $269.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Leonard J Chabert Medical Center lowest Houma, LA · (985) 873-2200 HC ARTHOCENTESIS, SMALL JOINT source file	$223.72	$476.00	—	53%
Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland, LA · (985) 537-6841 HC ARTHOCENTESIS, SMALL JOINT source file	$269.72	$613.00	—	56%

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.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

Inpatient: lowest $223.72, median $246.72, highest $269.72 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $246.72 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.