Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Olla, LA — inpatient

In Olla, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle) as an inpatient: from $254.40 to $254.40, with a median of $254.40. Across Louisiana, the median is $258.30 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20605, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$254.40Hardtner Medical Center
Median$254.40half pay less
Highest$254.40in 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 Olla, LA.

median
Lowest $254.40Highest $2,238.40

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hardtner Medical Center lowest Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 20605 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ INTERM JT/BURS W/O US ProFee $254.40 $318.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 20605-Intermediate Aspiration/Inj w/o US $588.00 $735.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 20605 Intermediate Jt/Bursa Injection Charge $588.00 $735.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 20605 ARTHROCENTESIS, ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION, INTERMEDIATE JOINT OR BURSA (EG, TEMPOROM ProFee $2,238.40 $2,798.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $254.40, median $254.40, highest $254.40.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $254.40 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20605 ($422.07). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA20605 Medium Joint $0.01 file