Surgery and procedures CPT 20605 Outpatient

Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Two Harbors, MN

In Two Harbors, MN, 1 hospital lists a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $370.35 to $370.35, with a median of $370.35. Across Minnesota, the median is $342.86 at 52 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20605, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$370.35Aspirus Lake View Hospital
Median$370.35half pay less
Highest$370.35in 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 Two Harbors, MN.

median
Lowest $370.35Highest $617.25
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ INTERM JT/BURS W/O US $370.35 $450.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital lowest Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Pro Arthrocnts Aspir&/Njx Intrm Jt/Bursa $370.35 $450.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 CT Guided Aspir &/or Inj Interm Jt $411.50 $500.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital both sides Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 Pro Arthrocnts Aspir&/Njx Intrm Jt/Bursa|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $555.52 $675.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital both sides Two Harbors, MN · (218) 834-7300 CT Guided Aspir &/or Inj Interm Jt|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $617.25 $750.00 — 18% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $370.35, median $370.35, highest $370.35.

Both sides : lowest $555.52, median $555.52, highest $555.52.

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 $370.35. 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.