Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Bangor, ME
In Bangor, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $136.08 to $136.08, with a median of $136.08. Across Maine, the median is $124.45 at 19 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20605, 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 Bangor, ME.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 HC ART ASP/INJ INT JNT/B WO US | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 INJECTION INTERMEDIATE JOINT | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA-MED | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 FP ASPIR/INJ INTERM JOINT RES | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 HC ART ASP/INJ INTM JNT W/O US | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 HC INJ INTERMD JNT/BURSA-BIL | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 HC DRN/INJ MED JNT/BURSA | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 HC DRAIN/INJ MED JOINT/BURSA | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center lowest Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 HC DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA | $136.08 | $648.00 | $329.83–$523.58 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 WIC DRAIN/INJ INTM JOINT/BURSA | $161.07 | $767.00 | $390.40–$619.74 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 TSO INJ ASP MED JOINT-OFC | $161.07 | $767.00 | $390.40–$619.74 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 DRAIN INJECT MED JNT-OFC | $161.07 | $767.00 | $390.40–$619.74 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 INJ INTERMED JNT/BURS-FAC | $163.38 | $778.00 | $396.00–$628.62 | 79% | — source file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, ME · (207) 973-7000 ER ARTHROCENTESIS/INJ-IM JT | $163.38 | $778.00 | $396.00–$628.62 | 79% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $136.08, median $136.08, highest $136.08.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $136.08. 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 and 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.
20 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20605 ($422.54). 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.
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEPF DRAIN/INJ MED JOINT/BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEARTHRO/ASP/INJ MED JOINT/BRSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEPF DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEPF DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA-MED | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEEMIC DRAIN/INJECT INTER JOINT | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEAPS INJ INTERMED JOINT/BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEPF ART ASP/INJ INTM JNT W/O US | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, METSO ARTHROCENTESIS MED JNT | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEMREM INJ INTRMED JOINT/ BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEINJ INTERMED JT/ BURSA-PRO | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEMRHR INJ INTRMED JOINT/ BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEMRIH INJ INTRMED JOINT/ BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEMRMR NF INJ INTRMED JOINT/BURS | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEMRMR INJ INTRMED JOINT/ BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEMRCD INJ INTRMED JOINT/ BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEINJ INTERMED JNT/BURS-PF | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEINJECT INTERMED JOINT/BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEPF DRN/INJ MED JNT/BURSA | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEOTP ARTHROCENTESIS MED JNT | $24.99 | file |
| Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor, MEERM ARTHROCENTESIS/INJ-IM JNT | $24.99 | file |