Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

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

In Wapakoneta, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) as an inpatient: from $68.40 to $68.40, with a median of $68.40. Across Ohio, the median is $493.50 at 126 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20600, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 28, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$68.40Grand Lake Health System
Median$68.40half pay less
Highest$68.40in 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 Wapakoneta, OH.

median
Lowest $68.40Highest $922.50
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Grand Lake Health System lowest Saint Marys, OH · (419) 394-3335 UC DR ARTHROCENTESIS SM JT W/O US GUID $68.40 $76.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Grand Lake Health System Saint Marys, OH · (419) 394-3335 ER DR ARTHROCENT SM JT W/O US $90.00 $100.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Grand Lake Health System Saint Marys, OH · (419) 394-3335 ARTHROCENTESIS ASP/INJ SM JT $354.60 $394.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Grand Lake Health System Saint Marys, OH · (419) 394-3335 UC ARTHROCENTESIS SM JT W/O US GUID $393.30 $437.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Grand Lake Health System Saint Marys, OH · (419) 394-3335 ER ARTHROCENTISIS SM JT W/O US $460.80 $512.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Grand Lake Health System Saint Marys, OH · (419) 394-3335 DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA SM $661.50 $735.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Grand Lake Health System both sides Saint Marys, OH · (419) 394-3335 DRAIN/INJ JNT/BURSA SM BILAT $922.50 $1,025.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $68.40, median $68.40, highest $68.40.

Both sides : lowest $922.50, median $922.50, highest $922.50.

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 1 facility here, median $68.40 — 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.