Joint injection (small joint) cost in St. Johnsbury, VT
In St. Johnsbury, VT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes): from $57.00 to $57.00, with a median of $57.00. Across Vermont, the median is $123.20 at 7 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Johnsbury, VT.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital lowest St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 DRAIN/INJECT, JOINT/BURSA ~P | $57.00 | $76.00 | $27.36–$76.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital lowest St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 DRAIN/INJECT, JOINT BURSA ~P | $57.00 | $76.00 | $27.36–$76.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 DRAIN/INJECT, JOINT/BURSA | $72.00 | $96.00 | $34.81–$96.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 ARTHRO SM JOINT 20600~P | $132.75 | $177.00 | $33.98–$177.00 | 25% | — source file |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VT · (802) 748-7400 INJ BURSA/TENDON SMALL W/O US | $478.50 | $638.00 | $53.38–$606.10 | 25% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $57.00, median $57.00, highest $57.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $57.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20600 ($376.67). 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.
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VTDRAIN/INJECT, JOINT/BURSA ~T | $15.00 | file |
| Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital St. Johnsbury, VTDRAIN/INJECT, JOINT BURSA ~T | $15.00 | file |