Joint injection (small joint) cost in Utica, NY
In Utica-Rome, NY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes): from $64.20 to $367.77, with a median of $137.70. The lowest listed price is at Mvhs — $73.50 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $349.32 at 86 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 20600, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 11, 2026 and Aug 11, 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 Utica-Rome, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mvhs lowest Utica, NY Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Small Jt/Bursa W/O US | $64.20 | $107.00 | $0.31–$65.58 | 40% | — source file |
| Mvhs Utica, NY HC Arthrocentesis-Small Jnt | $86.40 | $144.00 | $38.06–$1,100.86 | 40% | — source file |
| Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NY · (315) 823-5261 HC Arthrocentesis,Aspiration & or Injection;Small Joint/Bursa | $137.70 | $510.00 | $105.77–$522.34 | 73% | — source file |
| Rome Memorial Hospital Rome, NY · (315) 338-7000 Small joint injection | $367.77 | $911.00 | $63.00–$378.08 | 60% | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Rome Memorial Hospital Rome, NY · (315) 338-7000 Small joint injection | $367.77 | $911.00 | $63.00–$378.08 | 60% | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Rome Memorial Hospital Rome, NY · (315) 338-7000 Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us | $367.77 | $911.00 | $63.00–$378.08 | 60% | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Rome Memorial Hospital Rome, NY · (315) 338-7000 Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us | $367.77 | $911.00 | $63.00–$378.08 | 60% | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Mvhs Utica, NY HC Arthrocentesis-Small Jnt | $8,467.97 | $14,113.28 | $5.00–$7,003.34 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $64.20, median $137.70, highest $367.77 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $215.99. 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 3 of 3 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Little Falls Hospital Little Falls, NYCAH PR Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Small Jt/Bursa W/O US | $26.46 | file |