Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Rockford, IL — inpatient

In Rockford, IL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle) as an inpatient: from $246.96 to $246.96, with a median of $246.96. Across Illinois, the median is $407.50 at 98 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20605, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 1, 2026 and Mar 1, 2026.

Lowest$246.96Rockford Memorial Hospital
Median$246.96half pay less
Highest$246.96in 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 Rockford, IL.

median
Lowest $246.96Highest $911.42
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Rockford Memorial Hospital lowest Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC PBB DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BRSA $246.96 $329.28 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC ARTHRCNTSIS-INTM JT/BRSA 20605 $911.42 $1,215.22 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Rockford Memorial Hospital both sides Rockford, IL · (815) 968-6861 HC SP INTERMEDIATE JT INJ/ASP BILAT $901.52 $1,202.03 — 25% Mar 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $246.96, median $246.96, highest $246.96.

Both sides : lowest $901.52, median $901.52, highest $901.52.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $246.96 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.