Surgery and procedures CPT 20600 South Carolina Outpatient

Joint injection (small joint) cost in South Carolina

In South Carolina, 15 hospitals publish a cash price for joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes): from $163.20 to $2,466.00, with a median of $281.50. The lowest price is at Beaufort Memorial Hospital (Beaufort). The highest price is 15.1× the lowest.

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 Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$163.20Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Median$281.50half pay less
Highest$2,466.00in South Carolina
Lowest saves$118.30vs the median

Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
Beaufort Memorial Hospital lowest Beaufort · Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC ASP OR INJ SMALL JOINT BURSA $163.20 $272.00 —
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MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades · Cades, SC HB ARTHO/ASP/INJ/SMALL JOINT OR BURSA $204.00 $408.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Injection Small Joint/Bursa $232.70 $358.00 —
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Roper Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Drain/Inject Joint/Bursa $232.70 $358.00 —
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Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Drain/Inject Joint/Bursa $232.70 $358.00 —
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Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Joint Bursa Inj Small Joint $232.70 $358.00 —
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MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB ARTHO/ASP/INJ/SMALL JOINT OR BURSA $281.50 $563.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Medical University Hospital Authority Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB ARTHO/ASP/INJ/SMALL JOINT OR BURSA $281.50 $563.00 —
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MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast Columbia · Columbia, SC HB ARTHO/ASP/INJ/SMALL JOINT OR BURSA $308.50 $617.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown Columbia · Columbia, SC HB ARTHO/ASP/INJ/SMALL JOINT OR BURSA $308.50 $617.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Kershaw Medical Center Camden · Columbia, SC HB ARTHO/ASP/INJ/SMALL JOINT OR BURSA $400.50 $801.00 Apr 1, 2026
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St Francis Hospital Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Drain/Inject Joint/Bursa $502.20 $837.00 —
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MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence · Florence, SC HB ARTHO/ASP/INJ/SMALL JOINT OR BURSA $639.00 $1,278.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Shriners Childrens - Greenville Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US $1,296.92 $1,296.92 —
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MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HB ARTHO/ASP/INJ/SMALL JOINT OR BURSA $2,466.00 $4,932.00 Apr 1, 2026
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 5 $232.70 $232.70
Columbia, SC 3 $308.50 $308.50
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC 2 $502.20 $899.56
Cades, SC 1 $204.00 $204.00
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 1 $2,466.00 $2,466.00
Florence, SC 1 $639.00 $639.00
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 1 $163.20 $163.20
Orangeburg, SC 1 $281.50 $281.50

What it is

This code covers injecting or draining a small joint, such as a finger or toe joint.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the injection. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.

Joint injection or drainage, small joint (fingers, toes) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.