Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Outpatient

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Defiance, OH

In Defiance, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $624.00 to $624.00, with a median of $624.00. Across Ohio, the median is $609.00 at 97 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 —.

Lowest$624.00Mercy Health Defiance Hospital
Median$624.00half pay less
Highest$624.00in 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 Defiance, OH.

median
Lowest $624.00Highest $771.60

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Health Defiance Hospital lowest Defiance, OH · (419) 782-8444 HC Arthrocts Asp and/or Inj Med $624.00 $1,040.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH · (419) 782-8444 HC Asp Inj Intermediate Joint $771.60 $1,286.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH · (419) 782-8444 HC Joint Bursa Inj Med Arm $771.60 $1,286.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $624.00, median $624.00, highest $624.00.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $624.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.