Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Shelby, MT — inpatient

In Shelby, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle) as an inpatient: from $82.55 to $82.55, with a median of $82.55. Across Montana, the median is $139.50 at 21 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$82.55Logan Health - Shelby
Median$82.55half pay less
Highest$82.55in 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 Shelby, MT.

median
Lowest $82.55Highest $159.58
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Logan Health - Shelby lowest Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 CT Inject Joint Intermediate $82.55 $127.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Shelby lowest Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 XR Inject Joint Intermediate $82.55 $127.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 20605 Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Injection Interm Jt/Bursa $83.36 $128.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 20605 ED PROF ARTHROCENTESIS MED JOINT $83.36 $128.25 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Shelby Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 20605 ED PROC ARTHROCENTESIS INTERM HOSPITAL $159.58 $245.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Logan Health - Shelby both sides Shelby, MT · (406) 434-3200 XR Inject Joint Intermediate Bilateral $82.55 $127.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $82.55, median $82.55, highest $82.55.

Both sides : lowest $82.55, median $82.55, highest $82.55.

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 $82.55 — 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.