Joint injection (cortisone shot) cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 14 hospitals list a cash price for injection or fluid drainage of a major joint (knee, shoulder, hip), no ultrasound: from $252.37 to $2,326.80, with a median of $389.94. The lowest listed price is at Lakewood Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $137.57 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $290.88 at 60 hospitals.
- The median here, $389.94, is 11% below the US median of $439.76.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Kansas City, MO ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Missouri by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 cities for code 20610, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 5, 2025 and Aug 5, 2026.
Lowest$252.37Lakewood Medical Center + 1 more
Median$389.94half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,326.80in this market
Difference9.2×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 Kansas City, MO-KS.
median
Lowest $252.37Highest $2,326.80
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Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Medical Center one side lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 20610 Drn/Inj wo US Maj Jnt/Brsa Lt RAY+15 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $252.37 | $458.85 | $83.85–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center one side lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 20610 Drain/Inj Maj Joint/Bursa Rt FAR+15 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $252.37 | $458.85 | $70.46–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JOINT/BURSA W/O US TX RM E+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $254.88 | $531.00 | $217.71–$735.32 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 DRAIN/INJECT MAJOR JNT/BURSA W/O US; TX RM RHU+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $254.88 | $531.00 | $217.71–$735.32 | 52% |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Asp/Drain Large Joint/Bursa+1 more line at this price File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $289.00 | $1,954.64 | $118.55–$6,057.88 | 85% |
| Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Drain/Inj Joint/Bursa W/O Us - 20610 - OR36020610+1 more line at this price File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $289.00 | $5,666.34 | $118.55–$4,533.07 | 95% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Asp/Drain Large Joint/Bursa File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $305.00 | $1,498.28 | $251.65–$1,498.28 | 80% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 RT File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $319.00 | $580.00 | $10.00–$580.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 RT File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $319.00 | $580.00 | $10.00–$580.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 XR Knee Aspiration/Inj Right+5 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $352.00 | $640.00 | $70.46–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 XR Exam 12+5 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $352.00 | $640.00 | $83.85–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JNT/BURSA W/O US; ER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $353.76 | $737.00 | $270.27–$735.32 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JNT/BURSA W/O US; ER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $353.76 | $737.00 | $241.09–$735.32 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JOINT/BURSA W/O US TX RM SED File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $470.88 | $981.00 | $270.27–$882.90 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JOINT/BURSA W/O US TX RM SED File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $470.88 | $981.00 | $241.09–$882.90 | 52% |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 Inj Aspiration Major Joint File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $474.88 | $678.40 | $88.19–$1,160.00 | 30% |
| Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute Leawood, KS · (913) 319-7633 INJ ASPERATION MAJOR JOINT File of Dec 5, 2025 · source file | $520.00 | $463.56 | $262.86–$1,873.00 | -12% |
| Ascentist Hospital Leawood, KS · (913) 529-1801 PR DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US 20610BIL File of Apr 26, 2026 · source file | $523.10 | $1,301.00 | $482.41–$651.79 | 60% |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 Aspir/inj/major joint 20610 File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $525.00 | $750.00 | $97.50–$1,160.00 | 30% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 ARTHROCENTESIS, ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION; MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA (EG, SHOULDER, HIP, KNEE... File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $623.70 | $891.00 | $307.45–$757.35 | 30% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JOINT/BURSA W/O US TX RM IR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $654.24 | $1,363.00 | $241.09–$1,226.70 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 DRAIN/INJ MAJOR JOINT/BURSA W/O US TX RM IR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $654.24 | $1,363.00 | $270.27–$1,226.70 | 52% |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 MAJOR JOINT INJ 20610 File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $672.70 | $961.00 | $124.93–$1,160.00 | 30% |
| Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 3S DRAIN/INJ MJR JOINT +11 more lines at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $770.00 | $2,761.00 | $770.32–$2,252.98 | 72% |
| Liberty Hospital one side Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 2W DRAIN INJ MRJ JOINT-RT+11 more lines at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $770.00 | $2,761.00 | $770.32–$2,252.98 | 72% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 DX SP ARTHROCENTESIS MAJOR JOINT File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $839.35 | $1,199.06 | $307.45–$1,019.20 | 30% |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,326.80 | $2,326.80 | — | — |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,326.80 | $2,326.80 | — | — |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital both sides Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 ARTHROCENTESIS, ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION, MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA (EG, SHOULDER, HIP, KNEE, SUBACROMIAL BURSA); WITHOUT ULTRASOUND GUIDANCE BILATERAL File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $1,191.40 | $1,702.00 | $307.45–$1,446.70 | 30% |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $252.37, median $389.94, highest $2,326.80 — a 9.2× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $1,191.40, median $1,191.40, highest $1,191.40.
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 10 facilities here, median $498.99. 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 12 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
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