Joint injection (medium joint) cost in Maine
In Maine, 26 hospitals publish a cash price for joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle): from $47.85 to $1,569.85, with a median of $190.55. The lowest price is at Northern Light Mayo Hospital (Dover Foxcroft). The highest price is 32.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $190.55, is 50% below the US median of $379.80.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Maine has the lowest median of 50 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- 7 of 26 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 20605. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$47.85Northern Light Mayo Hospital
Median$190.55half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,569.85in Maine
Lowest saves$142.70vs the median
Hospitals in Maine, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Light Mayo Hospital lowest Dover Foxcroft · Dover Foxcroft, ME 20605 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ INTERM JT/BURS W/O US TechFee | $47.85 | $145.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital Pittsfield · Pittsfield, ME HC ER ARTHROCENTESIS INTERMED | $49.30 | $145.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Blue Hill · Blue Hill, ME HC DRAIN/INJ INTM JOINT/BURSA | $53.65 | $145.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| MaineHealth Stephens Hospital Norway · Norway, ME HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $55.75 | $55.75 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Penobscot Valley Hospital Lincoln · Bangor, ME PVPC DRAIN INJ MED JT WRIST ELBOW ANKLE | $65.06 | $81.32 | Apr 24, 2026 source file |
| Millinocket Regional Hospital Millinocket · Bangor, ME ARTHROCENTESIS ASP A/OR INJ | $67.50 | $75.00 | May 26, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light CA Dean Hospital Greenville · Greenville, ME ARTHROCENTESIS/ASPIR JOINT F | $72.50 | $145.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light Mercy Hospital Portland · Portland-South Portland, ME HC DRAIN/INJECT JT/BURSA INTER | $73.84 | $284.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Redington-Fairview General Hospital Skowhegan · Skowhegan, ME HOSP DRAIN/INJ JNT/BUR W/O U M | $80.25 | $115.00 | Jul 23, 2026 source file |
| Calais Community Hospital Calais · Calais, ME Aspiration/injection; Med | $84.00 | $112.00 | — source file |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor · Bangor, ME INJECTION INTERMEDIATE JOINT | $136.08 | $648.00 | Feb 3, 2026 source file |
| Houlton Regional Hospital Houlton · Houlton, ME INJECTION BURSA/JOINT MED PC | $169.10 | $178.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light AR Gould Hospital Presque Isle · Presque Isle, ME ARTHROCENTESIS/INJ-IM JT | $181.44 | $864.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| MaineHealth Franklin Hospital Farmington · Farmington, ME HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $199.65 | $199.65 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor · Bar Harbor, ME 20605 Arthrocentesis, aspiration and/or injection, intermediate joint or bursa | $221.40 | $246.00 | Jul 8, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital Ellsworth · Ellsworth, ME XRBMC Inject/Aspiration Intermediate Jt | $221.75 | $887.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| St Mary's Regional Medical Center Lewiston · Lewiston-Auburn, ME HC JOINT INJECTION/ASPIR MEDIUM WO US | $294.12 | $774.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston · Lewiston-Auburn, ME HC DRAIN/INJECT INTERMEDIATE JOINT/BURSA | $302.00 | $443.44 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Down East Community Hospital Machias · Machias, ME 20605 Arthrocentesis Aspir&/inj Interm Jt/burs W/o Us Techfee | $323.00 | $431.00 | — source file |
| York Hospital York · Portland-South Portland, ME ASP INTERM JNT/ELB/WR/ANK W/O US GUID | $379.80 | $633.00 | Jul 4, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital Bangor · Bangor, ME HC JOINT INJECTION/ASPIR MEDIUM WO US | $423.30 | $830.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Biddeford Biddeford · Portland-South Portland, ME HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $554.10 | $554.10 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| LincolnHealth Damariscotta · Damariscotta, ME HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $561.25 | $561.25 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| MaineHealth Waldo Hospital Belfast · Belfast, ME HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $632.40 | $632.40 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick · Portland-South Portland, ME HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $741.50 | $741.50 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital Rockport · Rockport, ME HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $1,569.85 | $1,569.85 | Oct 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor, ME | 4 | $65.06 | $101.79 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 4 | $73.84 | $466.95 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 2 | $294.12 | $298.06 |
| Bar Harbor, ME | 1 | $221.40 | $221.40 |
| Belfast, ME | 1 | $632.40 | $632.40 |
| Blue Hill, ME | 1 | $53.65 | $53.65 |
| Calais, ME | 1 | $84.00 | $84.00 |
| Damariscotta, ME | 1 | $561.25 | $561.25 |
| Dover Foxcroft, ME | 1 | $47.85 | $47.85 |
| Ellsworth, ME | 1 | $221.75 | $221.75 |
| Farmington, ME | 1 | $199.65 | $199.65 |
| Greenville, ME | 1 | $72.50 | $72.50 |
| Houlton, ME | 1 | $169.10 | $169.10 |
| Machias, ME | 1 | $323.00 | $323.00 |
| Norway, ME | 1 | $55.75 | $55.75 |
| Pittsfield, ME | 1 | $49.30 | $49.30 |
| Presque Isle, ME | 1 | $181.44 | $181.44 |
| Rockport, ME | 1 | $1,569.85 | $1,569.85 |
| Skowhegan, ME | 1 | $80.25 | $80.25 |
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 (medium joint) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Joint injection (medium joint) explained.
Joint injection or drainage, medium joint (wrist, elbow, ankle) in other states
- Alabama$336.00
- Alaska$364.35
- Arizona$442.28
- Arkansas$359.12
- California$608.40
- Colorado$375.15
- Connecticut$629.63
- Delaware$873.97
- District of Columbia$639.39, 3 hospitals
- Florida$570.85
- Georgia$753.87
- Hawaii$688.10
- Idaho$261.70
- Illinois$415.00
- Indiana$427.50
- Iowa$346.20
- Kansas$273.45
- Kentucky$208.80
- Louisiana$258.30
- Maryland$212.50
- Massachusetts$541.00
- Michigan$325.00
- Minnesota$305.21
- Mississippi$220.20
- Missouri$338.65
- Montana$205.00
- Nebraska$255.72
- Nevada$333.00
- New Hampshire$275.90
- New Jersey$857.43
- New Mexico$362.56
- New York$457.50
- North Carolina$346.50
- North Dakota$307.63
- Ohio$616.97
- Oklahoma$269.82
- Oregon$343.85
- Pennsylvania$353.80
- Puerto Rico$2,100.00, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$1,480.00
- South Carolina$436.20
- South Dakota$484.80
- Tennessee$292.60
- Texas$588.53
- Utah$391.47
- Vermont$278.32
- Virginia$421.50
- Washington$457.47
- West Virginia$343.50
- Wisconsin$320.12
- Wyoming$292.50
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.