Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Rochester, NY
In Rochester, NY, 10 hospitals list a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $140.00 to $1,258.00, with a median of $380.61. The lowest listed price is at Orleans Community Health — $240.61 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $457.50 at 104 hospitals.
- The median here, $380.61, is about the same as the US median of $379.80.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Rochester, NY has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in New York with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 20605, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 8, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 12, 2024 and Aug 27, 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 Rochester, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Community Health lowest Medina, NY · (585) 798-8111 ARTHROCENTESIS INTERMED+1 more line at this price File of Dec 12, 2024 · source file | $140.00 | $350.00 | $140.00–$350.00 | 60% |
| Orleans Community Health Medina, NY · (585) 798-8111 INJ BURSA WRIST ELBOW ANKLE W/O ULTRASOU+1 more line at this price File of Dec 12, 2024 · source file | $142.00 | $355.00 | $142.00–$355.00 | 60% |
| Orleans Community Health Medina, NY · (585) 798-8111 INJ WRIST ELBOW ANKLE OLECRANON+1 more line at this price File of Dec 12, 2024 · source file | $184.00 | $460.00 | $184.00–$460.00 | 60% |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC ARTHOCENTESIS INTERMEDIATE JOINT_BURSA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $277.89 | $427.53 | — | 35% |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC ARTHOCENTESIS INTERMEDIATE JOINT_BURSA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $277.89 | $427.53 | — | 35% |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs, NY · (315) 462-9561 HC ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION_INJECTION_ INTERMEDIATE JOINT_BURSA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $291.80 | $448.93 | — | 35% |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs, NY · (315) 462-9561 HC 20605 ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION_INJECTION_ INTERMEDIATE JOINT OR BURSA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $318.37 | $489.80 | — | 35% |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR__INJ INTERM JT_BURS W_O US File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $332.02 | $510.80 | — | 35% |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR__INJ INTERM JT_BURS W_O US File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $332.02 | $510.80 | — | 35% |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC ARTHOCENTESIS INTERMEDIATE JOINT_BURSA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $342.02 | $427.53 | — | 20% |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 922-4000 HC ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION __OR INJECTION_ INTERMEDIATE JOINT OR BURSA+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $418.44 | $643.75 | — | 35% |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark, NY · (315) 332-2022 HC ARTHOCENTESIS_ ASPIRATON_INJ_ INTERMEDIATE JNT_BURSA+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $418.44 | $643.75 | — | 35% |
| Geneva General Hospital Geneva, NY · (315) 787-4175 INTERMEDIATE JOINT INJ/ASP File of Aug 27, 2026 · source file | $419.19 | $1,047.96 | $352.51–$890.77 | 60% |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville, NY · (585) 335-6001 HB Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Injection Interm Jt/Burs File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $438.00 | — | — | — |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY · (585) 723-7000 HC ARTHOCENTESIS_ ASPIRATON_INJ_ INTERMEDIATE JNT_BURSA+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $449.22 | $561.52 | — | 20% |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 HB Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Injection Interm Jt/Burs File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $480.00 | — | — | — |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua, NY · (585) 396-6000 HB Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Injection Interm Jt/Burs File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $560.00 | — | — | — |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 275-2121 HB Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Injection Interm Jt/Burs File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $1,258.00 | — | $178.62–$1,331.61 | — |
| Highland Hospital Rochester, NY · (585) 341-6711 HB Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Injection Interm Jt/Burs File of Jul 1, 2026 · source file | $1,258.00 | — | $152.52–$1,190.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $140.00, median $380.61, highest $1,258.00 — a 9.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $284.85. 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 3 of 4 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.
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