Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Rhinelander, WI — inpatient

In Rhinelander, WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) as an inpatient: from $283.40 to $283.40, with a median of $283.40. Across Wisconsin, the median is $283.40 at 78 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20600, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$283.40Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital
Median$283.40half pay less
Highest$283.40in 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 Rhinelander, WI.

median
Lowest $283.40Highest $594.75
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital lowest Rhinelander, WI · (715) 361-2000 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ SMALL JT/BURSA W/O US $283.40 $436.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital lowest Rhinelander, WI · (715) 361-2000 Pro Arthrocnts Aspir&/Njx Sm Jt/Bursa $283.40 $436.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital Rhinelander, WI · (715) 361-2000 CT Guided Aspir &/or Inj Small Jt $396.50 $610.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital both sides Rhinelander, WI · (715) 361-2000 Pro Arthrocnts Aspir&/Njx Sm Jt/Bursa|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $425.10 $654.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Rhinelander Hospital both sides Rhinelander, WI · (715) 361-2000 CT Guided Aspir &/or Inj Small Jt|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $594.75 $915.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $283.40, median $283.40, highest $283.40.

Both sides : lowest $425.10, median $425.10, highest $425.10.

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 $283.40 — 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.