Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Outpatient

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Taos, NM

In Taos, NM, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) (one side of the body): from $566.00 to $566.00, with a median of $566.00. Across New Mexico, the median is $376.80 at 14 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$566.00Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems

Median$566.00half of hospitals charge less

Highest$566.00in 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 Taos, NM.

median

Lowest $566.00Highest $566.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Holy Cross Hospital a Div of Taos Health Systems one side lowest Taos, NM · (575) 758-8883 IR ASP/INJ SM JNT/BURSA LT W/O US GUIDE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$566.00	$707.50	—	20%

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.

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.

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.

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

One side of the body : lowest $566.00, median $566.00, highest $566.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $566.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.