Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Salem, OH — inpatient

In Salem, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) as an inpatient: from $210.25 to $210.25, with a median of $210.25. Across Ohio, the median is $493.50 at 112 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$210.25Salem Regional Medical Center
Median$210.25half pay less
Highest$210.25in this market
Difference1.0×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 Salem, OH.

median
Lowest $210.25Highest $573.75
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIRATION/INJECT SMALL JOINT $210.25 $210.25 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIRATION/INJ SMALL JOINT $324.50 $324.50 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIR/INJECT SMALL JOINT $332.75 $332.75 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 C RM ASPIR/INJECT SM JOINT $332.75 $332.75 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIR/INJECT SM JOINT W/O US $333.75 $333.75 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIRATE/INJECT SMALL JOINT $573.75 $573.75 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center both sides Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIR/INJECT BILAT SMALL JOINT $314.25 $314.25 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $210.25, median $210.25, highest $210.25.

Both sides : lowest $314.25, median $314.25, highest $314.25.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $249.13 — 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.