Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Salem, OH — inpatient

In Salem, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle) as an inpatient: from $357.50 to $357.50, with a median of $357.50. Across Ohio, the median is $624.00 at 111 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20605, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$357.50Salem Regional Medical Center
Median$357.50half pay less
Highest$357.50in 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 Salem, OH.

median
Lowest $357.50Highest $651.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIR/INJECT INTERMED JOINT $357.50 $357.50 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 C RM ASPIR/INJ INTERMED JOINT $357.50 $357.50 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIR/INJECT MED JOINT W/O US $358.50 $358.50 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIRATE/INJECT MED JOINT $358.50 $358.50 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIRATE/INJECT INTERMED JOINT $651.00 $651.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center both sides Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 ASPIR/INJECT BILAT INTRM JOINT $387.50 $387.50 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $357.50, median $357.50, highest $357.50.

Both sides : lowest $387.50, median $387.50, highest $387.50.

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 2 facilities here, median $322.75 — 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.