Surgery and procedures CPT 20610 Outpatient

Joint injection (cortisone shot) cost in Brookville, PA

In Brookville, PA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for injection or fluid drainage of a major joint (knee, shoulder, hip), no ultrasound: from $867.00 to $867.00, with a median of $867.00. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $456.00 at 72 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20610, 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$867.00Penn Highlands Brookville
Median$867.00half pay less
Highest$867.00in 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 Brookville, PA.

median
Lowest $867.00Highest $3,574.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Penn Highlands Brookville lowest Brookville, PA · (814) 849-2312 RHC ARTHROCENTESIS MAJOR JOINT $867.00 $867.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Brookville Brookville, PA · (814) 849-2312 ARTHROCENTESIS MAJOR JOINT $3,574.00 $3,574.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Brookville Brookville, PA · (814) 849-2312 ARTHROCENTESIS MAJOR JOINT ED TC $3,574.00 $3,574.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Penn Highlands Brookville both sides Brookville, PA · (814) 849-2312 RHC ARTHROCENTESIS MAJOR JOINT BILATERAL $1,301.00 $1,301.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $867.00, median $867.00, highest $867.00.

Both sides : lowest $1,301.00, median $1,301.00, highest $1,301.00.

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 $867.00. 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 procedure uses a needle to inject medicine into, or draw fluid out of, a large joint such as the knee, shoulder or hip, or a large bursa. It is commonly used for arthritis or bursitis pain, or to test joint fluid.

What the price covers

The price covers the injection or drainage procedure for one joint. The drug itself, such as a steroid or gel injection, and any lab test of the fluid are billed separately.