Joint injection (small joint) cost in Michigan City, IN
In Michigan City-La Porte, IN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes): from $39.27 to $39.27, with a median of $39.27. Across Indiana, the median is $291.51 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20600, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Michigan City-La Porte, IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Porte Hospital lowest La Porte, IN · (219) 326-1234 20600 22 DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA | $39.27 | $119.00 | $288.22–$1,323.56 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Porte Hospital La Porte, IN · (219) 326-1234 20600 50 DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA | $47.19 | $143.00 | $288.22–$1,323.56 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| La Porte Hospital La Porte, IN · (219) 326-1234 S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $137.81 | $417.60 | $288.22–$1,323.56 | 67% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $39.27, median $39.27, highest $39.27.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $68.04. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| La Porte Hospital La Porte, IN20600 DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA | $31.35 | file |