Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Albany, OR
In Albany, OR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $91.20 to $184.00, with a median of $137.60. The lowest listed price is at Albany General Hospital — $46.40 less than the median here. Across Oregon, the median is $171.95 at 38 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 20605, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 31, 2026 and Jan 31, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Albany, OR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany General Hospital lowest Albany, OR · (541) 812-4000 HC INJECT/ASPIRAT INTERMED JOINT | $91.20 | $114.00 | $57.00–$111.15 | 20% | Jan 31, 2026 source file |
| Albany General Hospital Albany, OR · (541) 812-4000 PC INJECTION/ASPIRATION INTERMED JOIN | $184.00 | $230.00 | $31.20–$173.17 | 20% | Jan 31, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR · (541) 258-2101 PC INJECTION/ASPIRATION INTERMED JOIN | $184.00 | $230.00 | $31.20–$173.17 | 20% | Jan 31, 2026 source file |
| Albany General Hospital Albany, OR · (541) 812-4000 HC ARTHRO/INJECT/ASPIRAT INTERMED JOINT/BURSA | $360.00 | $450.00 | $225.00–$438.75 | 20% | Jan 31, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR · (541) 258-2101 HC ARTHRO/INJECT/ASPIRAT INTERMED JOINT/BURSA | $360.00 | $450.00 | $130.50–$436.50 | 20% | Jan 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $91.20, median $137.60, highest $184.00 — a 2.0× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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 medium-sized joint such as the wrist, elbow or ankle.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the procedure. The medicine and imaging guidance are billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20605 ($422.07). 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.
| Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, ORHC INJECT/ASPIRAT INTERMED JOINT | $30.40 | file |