Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Cut Bank, MT — inpatient

In Cut Bank, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) as an inpatient: from $79.30 to $79.30, with a median of $79.30. Across Montana, the median is $101.33 at 17 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20600, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$79.30Logan Health - Cut Bank
Median$79.30half pay less
Highest$79.30in 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 Cut Bank, MT.

median
Lowest $79.30Highest $105.62
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Cut Bank lowest Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 CT Inject Joint Small $79.30 $122.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 20600 ED PROF ARTHROCENTESIS SM JOINT $100.42 $154.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 20600 ARTHROCENT JT SMALL $100.42 $154.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 20600 Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Injection Small Jt/Bursa $100.42 $154.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 XR Inject Joint Small $105.62 $162.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 ED ASPIRATION JOINT SMALL FINGERS TOES $105.62 $162.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Cut Bank both sides Cut Bank, MT · (406) 873-2251 XR Inject Joint Small Bilateral $105.62 $162.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $79.30, median $79.30, highest $79.30.

Both sides : lowest $105.62, median $105.62, highest $105.62.

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 $79.30 — 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.