Joint injection (cortisone shot) cost in New York
In New York, 65 hospitals publish a cash price for injection or fluid drainage of a major joint (knee, shoulder, hip), no ultrasound: from $52.00 to $1,386.27, with a median of $349.32. The lowest price is at Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp (Wellsville). The highest price is 26.7× the lowest.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 20610. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 24, 2026.
Lowest$52.00Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp
Median$349.32half pay less
Highest$1,386.27in New York
Lowest saves$297.32vs the median
Hospitals in New York, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Hosp of Wm F & Gertrude F Jones A/K/A Jones Memorial Hosp lowest Wellsville · Wellsville, NY HB Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US (Pro) | $52.00 | — | — source file |
| St. Barnabas Hospital Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $52.97 | $193.59 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Strong Memorial Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $70.00 | $140.00 | — source file |
| Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital Dansville · Rochester, NY PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $75.13 | $126.00 | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Health Center Syracuse · Syracuse, NY PR Arthrocentesis/Aspiration/Injection Major Joint/Bursa W/O U/S Guidance | $92.00 | $92.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| F.F. Thompson Hospital Canandaigua · Rochester, NY HB Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US (Pro) | $94.00 | — | — source file |
| Sunnyview Rehab Hospital Schenectady · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Arthrocentesis/Aspiration/Injection Major Joint/Bursa W/O U/S Guidance | $98.00 | $98.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center Niagara Falls · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $112.25 | $160.36 | — source file |
| St. James Hospital Hornell · Corning, NY HB Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US (Pro) | $117.00 | — | — source file |
| Elizabethtown Community Hospital Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NY PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $118.00 | $118.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ARTHROCENTESIS, ASPIRARION/INJECTION INTERMEDIATE JOINT | $135.00 | $135.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $139.45 | $697.23 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital Bath · Corning, NY HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $139.45 | $697.23 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph's Hospital Campus Elmira · Elmira, NY HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $139.45 | $697.23 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Ithaca · Ithaca, NY HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $159.60 | $798.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Samaritan Hospital Troy · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Arthrocentesis/Aspiration/Injection Major Joint/Bursa W/O U/S Guidance | $165.00 | $165.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| St Peters Hospital Albany · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY PR Arthrocentesis/Aspiration/Injection Major Joint/Bursa W/O U/S Guidance | $165.00 | $165.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| UPMC Chautauqua Jamestown · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY ARTHRO ASP/INJ LG JT WO/US | $168.60 | $281.00 | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $178.50 | $255.00 | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Corning Hospital Corning · Corning, NY Aspir/Inj Major Joint Bursa | $188.75 | $235.94 | — source file |
| Guthrie Cortland Medical Center Cortland · Cortland, NY Aspir/Inj Major Joint Bursa | $188.75 | $235.94 | — source file |
| Slhs Massena Massena · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION __OR INJECTION_ MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA | $232.54 | $357.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Schuyler Hospital Montour Falls · Montour Falls, NY HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $236.46 | $1,182.30 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| United Memorial Medical Center Batavia · Batavia, NY HC ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION __OR INJECTION_ MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA | $277.89 | $427.53 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC 20610 ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION_INJECTION_ MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA | $287.39 | $442.14 | — source file |
| Clifton Springs Hospital And Clinic Clifton Springs · Rochester, NY HC ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION_INJECTION_ MAJOR JOINT_BURSA | $291.80 | $448.93 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bellevue Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $313.60 | $114.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $313.60 | $118.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $313.60 | $113.00 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam · Massena-Ogdensburg, NY HC 20610 ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION_INJECTION_ MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA | $342.43 | $526.82 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Helen Hayes Hospital West Haverstraw · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ARTHROCENTESIS MAJOR JOINT | $349.00 | $349.00 | — source file |
| Jacobi Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC ARTHROCENTESIS, ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION; MAJOR JOINT OR B | $349.32 | $881.99 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Metropolitan Hospital Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC ARTHROCENTESIS, ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION; MAJOR JOINT OR B | $349.32 | $881.99 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Broadway Elmhurst · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC ARTHROCENTESIS, ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION; MAJOR JOINT OR B | $349.32 | $881.99 | Sep 5, 2026 source file |
| Highland Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY Drain/inj joint/bursa w/o us | $364.35 | — | — source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES | $365.00 | $365.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES | $365.00 | $365.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Newark-Wayne Community Hospital Newark · Rochester, NY HC ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION __OR INJECTION_ MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA | $418.44 | $643.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Rochester General Hospital Rochester · Rochester, NY HC ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION __OR INJECTION_ MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA | $418.44 | $643.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester · Rochester, NY HC ARTHROCENTESIS_ ASPIRATION __OR INJECTION_ MAJOR JOINT OR BURSA | $449.22 | $561.52 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY ARTHROCENTESIS ASP/INJ MAJ JNT | $477.00 | $931.30 | Aug 25, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $606.45 | $606.45 | — source file |
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $606.45 | $117.26 | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $606.45 | $606.45 | — source file |
| Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION OF FLUID FROM LARGE JOINT | $685.00 | $685.00 | — source file |
| Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION OF FLUID FROM LARGE JOINT | $685.00 | $685.00 | — source file |
| Westfield Memorial Hospital Westfield · Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY HC ARTHCS MAJOR JT/BUR WO US GUID | $691.08 | $886.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Alice Hyde Medical Center Malone · Malone, NY PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $769.00 | $769.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital Medical Center Plattsburgh · Plattsburgh, NY PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $818.00 | $818.00 | Apr 28, 2026 source file |
| St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $874.65 | $1,029.00 | — source file |
| Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION OF FLUID FROM LARGE JOINT | $960.84 | $960.84 | — source file |
| St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $996.13 | $996.13 | — source file |
| Crouse Hospital Syracuse · Syracuse, NY 20610 ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJECTION MAJOR JT/BUR | $1,053.00 | $1,053.00 | — source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Arthrocentesis Major Jt WO US | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Arthrocnts Aspir&/Njx Major Jt/Bursa - 20610 | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Arthrocentesis Major Jt WO US | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Arthrocnts Aspir&/Njx Major Jt/Bursa - 20610 | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Arthrocentesis Major Jt WO US | $1,080.00 | $1,200.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION OF FLUID FROM LARGE JOINT | $1,092.00 | $1,092.00 | — source file |
| Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ASPIRATION AND/OR INJECTION OF FLUID FROM LARGE JOINT | $1,173.53 | $1,173.53 | — source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $1,277.26 | $6,722.42 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $1,277.26 | $6,722.42 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $1,277.26 | $6,722.42 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC DRAIN/INJ JOINT/BURSA W/O US | $1,277.26 | $6,722.42 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY Noncdm Charge Record | $1,386.27 | $1,386.27 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 28 | $52.97 | $779.82 |
| Rochester, NY | 8 | $70.00 | $328.08 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 6 | $112.25 | $606.45 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 3 | $98.00 | $165.00 |
| Corning, NY | 3 | $117.00 | $139.45 |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 3 | $232.54 | $287.39 |
| Elmira, NY | 2 | $139.45 | $139.45 |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 2 | $168.60 | $429.84 |
| Syracuse, NY | 2 | $92.00 | $572.50 |
| Batavia, NY | 1 | $277.89 | $277.89 |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $188.75 | $188.75 |
| Elizabethtown, NY | 1 | $118.00 | $118.00 |
| Ithaca, NY | 1 | $159.60 | $159.60 |
| Malone, NY | 1 | $769.00 | $769.00 |
| Montour Falls, NY | 1 | $236.46 | $236.46 |
| Plattsburgh, NY | 1 | $818.00 | $818.00 |
| Wellsville, NY | 1 | $52.00 | $52.00 |
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.
Injection or fluid drainage of a major joint (knee, shoulder, hip), no ultrasound in other states
- Alabama$902.38
- Alaska$418.00
- Arizona$2,599.00
- Arkansas$172.90
- California$951.60
- Colorado$1,578.27
- Connecticut$260.00
- Delaware$957.97
- Florida$877.15
- Georgia$905.19
- Hawaii$596.40
- Idaho$672.00
- Illinois$450.00
- Indiana$379.25
- Iowa$152.80
- Kansas$342.23
- Kentucky$1,105.20
- Louisiana$258.30
- Maine$142.75
- Maryland$182.55
- Massachusetts$478.10
- Michigan$360.75
- Minnesota$369.26
- Mississippi$128.70
- Missouri$191.10
- Montana$282.33
- Nebraska$191.10
- Nevada$333.00
- New Hampshire$192.45
- New Jersey$393.89
- New Mexico$239.36
- North Carolina$392.50
- North Dakota$324.75
- Ohio$696.00
- Oklahoma$154.05
- Oregon$184.60
- Pennsylvania$456.00
- Rhode Island$343.00
- South Carolina$556.00
- South Dakota$750.00
- Tennessee$295.05
- Texas$592.44
- Utah$548.03
- Vermont$123.90
- Virginia$478.00
- Washington$565.50
- West Virginia$273.25
- Wisconsin$345.15
- Wyoming$158.61
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.