Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Outpatient

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Olla, LA

In Olla, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes): from $162.40 to $162.40, with a median of $162.40. Across Louisiana, the median is $258.30 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20600, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$162.40Hardtner Medical Center
Median$162.40half pay less
Highest$162.40in 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 Olla, LA.

median
Lowest $162.40Highest $588.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hardtner Medical Center lowest Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 20600 ARTHROCENTESIS, ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION, SMALL JOINT OR BURSA (EG, FINGERS, TOES); ProFee $162.40 $203.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 20600 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ SMALL JT/BURSA W/O US ProFee $204.00 $255.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 20600-Small Joint Aspirate/Inject w/o US $588.00 $735.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $162.40, median $162.40, highest $162.40.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $162.40. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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 ($376.80). 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.

Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA20600 Arthrocentesis, aspiration and/or injection, small joint or bursa (eg, fingers, toes) $0.01 file