Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Outpatient

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Hot Springs, VA

In Hot Springs, VA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $41.15 to $41.15, with a median of $41.15. Across Virginia, the median is $421.50 at 48 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20605, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$41.15Bath Community Hospital
Median$41.15half pay less
Highest$41.15in 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 Hot Springs, VA.

median
Lowest $41.15Highest $480.38

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bath Community Hospital lowest Hot Springs, VA · (540) 839-7000 P ARTHRO/ASP/INJ MED JT-W/O US $41.15 $58.78 $55.84–$58.78 30% —
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Bath Community Hospital Hot Springs, VA · (540) 839-7000 PHY FEE ARTHROCENTESIS INTERM $140.51 $187.35 $177.98–$187.35 25% —
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Bath Community Hospital Hot Springs, VA · (540) 839-7000 ARTHROCENTESIS INTERMEDI JOINT $227.30 $324.71 $253.92–$324.71 30% —
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Bath Community Hospital Hot Springs, VA · (540) 839-7000 FAC ARTHRCEN/ASP/INJ ITRMD JOI $436.77 $582.36 $455.41–$582.36 25% —
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Bath Community Hospital Hot Springs, VA · (540) 839-7000 F ARTHRO/ASP/INJ MED JT-W/O US $480.38 $640.50 $500.87–$640.50 25% —
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Outpatient: lowest $41.15, median $41.15, highest $41.15.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $41.15. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated and 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.

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.