Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Norton, KS — inpatient

In Norton, KS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) as an inpatient: from $102.20 to $102.20, with a median of $102.20. Across Kansas, the median is $215.75 at 62 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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.

Lowest$102.20Norton County Hospital
Median$102.20half pay less
Highest$102.20in 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 Norton, KS.

median
Lowest $102.20Highest $903.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Norton County Hospital lowest Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 20600 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ SMALL JT/BURSA W/O US TechFee $102.20 $146.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Norton County Hospital Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 20600-Small Joint Aspirate/Inject w/o US $323.40 $462.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Norton County Hospital Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 OP INJ SMALL JOINT/BURSA W/O US $527.10 $753.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Norton County Hospital Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 Arthrocentesis aspiration and/or injection Small joint or bursa $602.00 $860.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Norton County Hospital both sides Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 Bilateral Arthrocentesis aspiration and/or injection Small joint or bursa $903.00 $1,290.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $102.20, median $102.20, highest $102.20.

Both sides : lowest $903.00, median $903.00, highest $903.00.

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 $102.20 — 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.