Joint injection (small joint) cost in Tucson, AZ — inpatient
In Tucson, AZ, 4 hospitals list a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) as an inpatient: from $695.16 to $811.02, with a median of $753.09. The lowest listed price is at Northwest Hospital — $57.93 less than the median here. Across Arizona, the median is $486.85 at 27 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities 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.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Tucson, AZ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Hospital lowest Tucson, AZ S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $695.16 | $1,931.00 | $289.65–$1,737.90 | 64% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Sahurita Hospital Tucson, AZ S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $753.09 | $1,931.00 | $258.75–$1,158.60 | 61% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Medical Center Sahuarita Sahuarita, AZ · (520) 416-7100 S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $753.09 | $1,931.00 | $258.75–$1,158.60 | 61% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Oro Valley Hospital Tucson, AZ · (520) 901-3500 S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $811.02 | $1,931.00 | $295.44–$1,737.90 | 58% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $695.16, median $753.09, highest $811.02 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $405.51 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20600 ($347.58). 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.
| Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZHC Pbb Arthrocen Aspir&Inj Small Jt Bursa W/O US | $14.84 | file |
| Tucson Medical Center Tucson, AZHC Pbb Arthrocen Aspir&Inj Small Jt Bursa W/O US | $14.84 | file |