Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Russellville, KY — inpatient

In Russellville, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) (one side of the body) as an inpatient: from $208.80 to $208.80, with a median of $208.80. Across Kentucky, the median is $208.80 at 52 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$208.80The Medical Center at Russellville

Median$208.80half of hospitals charge less

Highest$208.80in 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 Russellville, KY.

median

Lowest $208.80Highest $208.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
The Medical Center at Russellville one side lowest Russellville, KY · (270) 726-4011 INJECT JT FINGER/TOE RIGHT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$208.80	$348.00	$79.34–$278.40	40%

Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.

Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More

List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More

Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More

Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

One side of the body : lowest $208.80, median $208.80, highest $208.80.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $208.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

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.