Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Outpatient

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Norton, KS

In Norton, KS, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $119.70 to $119.70, with a median of $119.70. Across Kansas, the median is $226.74 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$119.70Norton County Hospital
Median$119.70half pay less
Highest$119.70in 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 Norton, KS.

median
Lowest $119.70Highest $1,167.60
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Norton County Hospital lowest Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 20605-Intermediate Aspiration/Inj w/o US $119.70 $171.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Norton County Hospital Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 INJ INTERMED JOINT/BURSA W/O US $162.40 $232.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Norton County Hospital Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 TR INJ INTERMED JOINT/BURSA W/O US $367.50 $525.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Norton County Hospital Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 20605 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ INTERM JT/BURS W/O US TechFee $478.80 $684.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Norton County Hospital both sides Norton, KS · (785) 877-3351 Bilateral Arthrocentesis aspiration and/or injection Intermediate joint or bursa $1,167.60 $1,668.00 — 30% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $119.70, median $119.70, highest $119.70.

Both sides : lowest $1,167.60, median $1,167.60, highest $1,167.60.

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 inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $119.70. 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.