Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Outpatient

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Paducah, KY

In Paducah, KY-IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $1,000.80 to $1,000.80, with a median of $1,000.80. Across Kentucky, the median is $485.66 at 8 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — and —.

Lowest$1,000.80Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital
Median$1,000.80half pay less
Highest$1,000.80in 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 Paducah, KY-IL.

median
Lowest $1,000.80Highest $1,000.80

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital lowest Paducah, KY · (270) 444-2444 HC Asp Inj Intermediate Joint $1,000.80 $1,668.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital lowest Paducah, KY · (270) 444-2444 HC Arthrocts Asp and/or Inj Med $1,000.80 $1,668.00 — 40% —
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Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital lowest Paducah, KY · (270) 444-2444 HC Joint Bursa Inj Med Arm $1,000.80 $1,668.00 — 40% —
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Outpatient: lowest $1,000.80, median $1,000.80, highest $1,000.80.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,000.80. 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.