Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (small joint) cost in Two Harbors, MN — inpatient

In Two Harbors, MN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) as an inpatient: from $358.83 to $358.83, with a median of $358.83. Across Minnesota, the median is $345.85 at 52 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$358.83Aspirus Lake View Hospital
Median$358.83half pay less
Highest$358.83in 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 Two Harbors, MN.

median
Lowest $358.83Highest $753.04
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ SMALL JT/BURSA W/O US $358.83 $436.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Pro Arthrocnts Aspir&/Njx Sm Jt/Bursa $358.83 $436.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 CT Guided Aspir &/or Inj Small Jt $502.03 $610.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital both sides Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Pro Arthrocnts Aspir&/Njx Sm Jt/Bursa|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $538.24 $654.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital both sides Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 CT Guided Aspir &/or Inj Small Jt|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $753.04 $915.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $358.83, median $358.83, highest $358.83.

Both sides : lowest $538.24, median $538.24, highest $538.24.

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 $358.83 — 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.