Joint injection (small joint) cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 40 hospitals publish a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes): from $79.76 to $6,515.65, with a median of $385.00. The lowest price is at UAB Medical West (Bessemer). The highest price is 81.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $385.00, is 7% above the US median of $359.00.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Alabama ranks 35th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
- 11 of 40 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 20600. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$79.76UAB Medical West
Median$385.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,515.65in Alabama
Lowest saves$305.24vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UAB Medical West lowest Bessemer · Birmingham, AL *Drain/Inject,Small Joint/Burs | $79.76 | $106.35 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| Tanner Medical Center - East Alabama Wedowee · Wedowee, AL DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $97.60 | $244.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Dch Regional Medical Center Tuscaloosa · Tuscaloosa, AL Inj/Drain Small Jt/Bursa wo US | $131.00 | $262.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $152.77 | $1,273.07 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Evergreen Medical Center Evergreen · Evergreen, AL DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA | $163.80 | $252.00 | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Hale County Hospital Greensboro · Tuscaloosa, AL ARTHROCENTESIS JOINT SMALL | $192.80 | $241.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center South Montgomery · Montgomery, AL INJECT/ASPIRATE JOINT - SMALL | $213.75 | $356.25 | Dec 30, 2025 source file |
| Monroe County Hospital Monroeville · Monroeville, AL ER-JOINT ASP/INJECT SMALL JOINT | $242.60 | $606.50 | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Troy Regional Medical Center Troy · Troy, AL ARTHROCENTESIS SMALL JOINT OR BURSA | $254.10 | $715.00 | Dec 31, 2024 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL Hc Drain/Inject Small Joint/Bursa | $273.00 | $2,036.23 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Marion Regional Medical Center Hamilton · Hamilton, AL HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIRAND/INJ SMALL JT/BURSA W/O US | $273.05 | $635.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Health Services-South Marion Winfield · Winfield, AL HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIRAND/INJ SMALL JT/BURSA W/O US | $273.05 | $635.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Medical Center Barbour Eufaula · Eufaula, AL-GA ARTHRO-ASP/INJ | $286.50 | $573.00 | Mar 29, 2026 source file |
| East Alabama Medical Center Opelika · Auburn-Opelika, AL XR Small Joint Injection (fingers,toes) | $288.75 | $525.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Cullman Regional Medical Center one side Cullman · Cullman, AL XR Arthrocentesis Asp/Inj Small Jt Rt | $295.00 | $740.00 | Jan 19, 2026 source file |
| Fayette Medical Center Fayette · Fayette, AL ARTHROSENTESIS SM JT | $304.63 | $609.25 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan · Dothan, AL ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION OF FLUID FROM SMALL JOINT | $323.96 | $809.91 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Crenshaw Community Hospital Luverne · Luverne, AL INJECTION BURSA/JOINT SMALL-PC | $339.87 | $679.73 | Oct 13, 2025 source file |
| Grandview Medical Center Birmingham · Birmingham, AL S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $352.20 | $2,348.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital West Decatur · Decatur, AL ARTHROCENTESIS, SMALL JOINT | $385.00 | $385.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus Decatur · Decatur, AL ARTHROCENTESIS, SMALL JOINT | $385.00 | $385.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Decatur Morgan Hospital - Parkway Campus Decatur · Decatur, AL ARTHROCENTESIS, SMALL JOINT | $385.00 | $385.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre · Centre, AL HC ER ARTHROCENTESIS SMALL JOINT W/O US GUID | $401.50 | $803.00 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Helen Keller Hospital Sheffield · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL XR-ANGIO-JT INJ/ASPIR FINGER O | $411.00 | $411.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Huntsville · Huntsville, AL XR-JOINT INJ/ASPIR FINGER OR T | $411.00 | $411.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital Madison · Huntsville, AL XR-ANGIO-JT INJ/ASPIR FINGER O | $411.00 | $411.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Center North Guntersville · Albertville, AL XR-JOINT INJ/ASPIR FINGER OR T | $411.00 | $411.00 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Centers Boaz · Albertville, AL XR-JOINT INJ/ASPIR FINGER OR T | $411.00 | $411.00 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Whitfield Regional Hospital one side Demopolis · Demopolis, AL Arthrocentesis Sm Joint RT | $432.00 | $720.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Highlands Medical Center one side Scottsboro · Scottsboro, AL ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION OF FLUID FROM SMALL JOINT | $445.20 | $636.00 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Flowers Hospital Dothan · Dothan, AL S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $474.30 | $3,162.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Choctaw General Butler · Butler, AL HC ARTHOCENTESIS, SMALL JOINT | $500.08 | $658.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Small Jt/Bursa W/O US | $506.17 | $1,177.13 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile · Mobile, AL ARTHOCENTESIS SMALL | $511.07 | $601.26 | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville · Huntsville, AL S-JOINT ASP-INJ SM | $544.48 | $3,024.91 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Baldwin Health Foley · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL DRAIN/INJECT, JOINT/BURSA | $552.50 | $3,069.43 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Athens Limestone Hospital Athens · Huntsville, AL DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA SMALL | $735.00 | $735.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| DeKalb Regional Medical Center Fort Payne · Fort Payne, AL DRAIN/INJECT JOINT/BURSA SMALL | $735.00 | $735.00 | Aug 20, 2026 source file |
| Red Bay Hospital one side Red Bay · Russellville, AL MRC DRN/INJ SML JT W/O US LT | $813.00 | $813.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Medical Center Enterprise Enterprise · Enterprise, AL DRAIN/INJECT, JOINT/BURSA | $6,515.65 | $72,396.15 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville, AL | 4 | $411.00 | $477.74 |
| Birmingham, AL | 3 | $79.76 | $352.20 |
| Decatur, AL | 3 | $385.00 | $385.00 |
| Albertville, AL | 2 | $411.00 | $411.00 |
| Dothan, AL | 2 | $323.96 | $399.13 |
| Gadsden, AL | 2 | $152.77 | $212.88 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 2 | $131.00 | $161.90 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $288.75 | $288.75 |
| Butler, AL | 1 | $500.08 | $500.08 |
| Centre, AL | 1 | $401.50 | $401.50 |
| Cullman, AL | 1 | $295.00 | $295.00 |
| Demopolis, AL | 1 | $432.00 | $432.00 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1 | $552.50 | $552.50 |
| Evergreen, AL | 1 | $163.80 | $163.80 |
| Enterprise, AL | 1 | $6,515.65 | $6,515.65 |
| Eufaula, AL-GA | 1 | $286.50 | $286.50 |
| Fayette, AL | 1 | $304.63 | $304.63 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 1 | $411.00 | $411.00 |
| Fort Payne, AL | 1 | $735.00 | $735.00 |
| Hamilton, AL | 1 | $273.05 | $273.05 |
| Luverne, AL | 1 | $339.87 | $339.87 |
| Monroeville, AL | 1 | $242.60 | $242.60 |
| Mobile, AL | 1 | $511.07 | $511.07 |
| Montgomery, AL | 1 | $213.75 | $213.75 |
| Russellville, AL | 1 | $813.00 | $813.00 |
| Scottsboro, AL | 1 | $445.20 | $445.20 |
| Troy, AL | 1 | $254.10 | $254.10 |
| Wedowee, AL | 1 | $97.60 | $97.60 |
| Winfield, AL | 1 | $273.05 | $273.05 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What joint injection (small joint) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Joint injection (small joint) explained.
Joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) in other states
- Alaska$350.03
- Arizona$362.61
- Arkansas$309.40
- California$728.00
- Colorado$390.50
- Connecticut$858.58
- Delaware$1,012.20, 4 hospitals
- District of Columbia$584.04, 3 hospitals
- Florida$550.80
- Georgia$496.26
- Hawaii$703.50
- Idaho$298.20
- Illinois$312.50
- Indiana$293.76
- Iowa$280.00
- Kansas$236.43
- Kentucky$208.80
- Louisiana$258.30
- Maine$203.26
- Maryland$168.51
- Massachusetts$541.00
- Michigan$338.00
- Minnesota$323.61
- Mississippi$250.64
- Missouri$273.48
- Montana$171.98
- Nebraska$222.31
- Nevada$333.00
- New Hampshire$258.88
- New Jersey$728.72
- New Mexico$376.80
- New York$449.22
- North Carolina$305.44
- North Dakota$285.83
- Ohio$493.50
- Oklahoma$243.43
- Oregon$313.76
- Pennsylvania$410.85
- Puerto Rico$2,100.00, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$925.00
- South Carolina$375.25
- South Dakota$478.69
- Tennessee$290.40
- Texas$430.75
- Utah$345.43
- Vermont$359.00
- Virginia$366.45
- Washington$379.08
- West Virginia$350.00
- Wisconsin$310.46
- Wyoming$243.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.