Joint injection (cortisone shot) cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 42 hospitals publish a cash price for injection or fluid drainage of a major joint (knee, shoulder, hip), no ultrasound: from $59.40 to $1,506.03, with a median of $295.05. The lowest price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City (Union City). The highest price is 25.4× 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 25, 2026.
Lowest$59.40Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City
Median$295.05half pay less
Highest$1,506.03in Tennessee
Lowest saves$235.65vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union City lowest Union City · Union City, TN HC ED 20610-ASPIRATION OR INJECTION MAJOR JOINT/BURSA WO IMAGNG | $59.40 | $297.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 20610-ASPIRATION OR INJECTION MAJOR JOINT/BURSA WO IMAGNG | $64.89 | $309.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 20610-ASPIRATION OR INJECTION MAJOR JOINT/BURSA WO IMAGNG | $64.89 | $309.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 20610-ASPIRATION OR INJECTION MAJOR JOINT/BURSA WO IMAGNG | $64.89 | $309.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA PR ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $67.06 | $127.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Carroll County Huntingdon · Huntingdon, TN HC ED 20610-ASPIRATION OR INJECTION MAJOR JOINT/BURSA WO IMAGNG | $71.07 | $309.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $73.66 | $254.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $73.66 | $254.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $73.66 | $254.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton Covington · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC ED 20610-ASPIRATION OR INJECTION MAJOR JOINT/BURSA WO IMAGNG | $74.16 | $309.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ARTHROCENTESIS ASPIR&/INJ MAJOR JT/BURSA W/O US | $137.16 | $254.00 | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Hancock County Hospital one side Sneedville · Sneedville, TN HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $289.57 | $1,259.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson County Community Hospital one side Mountain City · Mountain City, TN HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $289.57 | $1,259.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Germantown Hosp Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $292.60 | $1,330.00 | — source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $292.60 | $1,330.00 | — source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $292.60 | $1,330.00 | — source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $292.60 | $1,330.00 | — source file |
| Bristol Regional Medical Center one side Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $295.05 | $1,967.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital one side Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $295.05 | $1,967.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital one side Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $295.05 | $1,967.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital one side Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $295.05 | $1,967.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center one side Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $295.05 | $1,967.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Indian Path Community Hospital one side Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $295.05 | $1,967.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson City Medical Center one side Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $295.05 | $1,967.00 | — source file |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital one side Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC ARTHROCENTESIS ASP INJ MAJ JT W/O US GUID UNILAT | $295.05 | $1,967.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Arthrocentesis Aspir&/Inj Major Jt/Bursa W/O US | $307.34 | $1,397.00 | — source file |
| Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell · Tazewell, TN CT ARTH ASP/INJ MAJ% | $345.52 | $1,234.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Pikeville · Pikeville, TN HC Inj/Asp Major Jnt Site | $350.85 | $1,214.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Leconte Medical Center Sevierville · Sevierville, TN XR ARTHROCENTESIS ASP/INJECT MAJ | $357.86 | $1,234.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Morristown Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown · Morristown, TN CT ARTHROCENTESIS ASP/INJECT MAJ | $370.20 | $1,234.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN SP ARTHRCNT ASP/INJ MAJ WO US | $370.20 | $1,234.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Cumberland Medical Center Crossville · Crossville, TN SP ARTHRCNT ASP/INJ MAJ WO US | $394.88 | $1,234.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| DeKalb Community Hospital one side Smithville · Smithville, TN ARTH JNTBRS MJR WO US LT | $395.57 | $1,318.55 | — source file |
| Saint Thomas River Park Hospital one side McMinnville · McMinnville, TN ARTH JNTBRS MJR WO US RT | $395.57 | $1,318.55 | — source file |
| Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital one side Murfreesboro · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN XR ASPIR INJ JOINT MAJOR RT | $395.57 | $1,318.55 | — source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN SP ARTHCNTS/ASP/INJ MJR WO US | $395.57 | $1,318.55 | — source file |
| Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City · Knoxville, TN XR ARTHROCENTESIS ASP/INJECT MAJ | $407.22 | $1,234.00 | Aug 27, 2026 source file |
| Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville · Knoxville, TN SP ARTHRCNT ASP/INJ MAJ WO US | $407.22 | $1,234.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge · Knoxville, TN XR ARTHROCENTESIS ASP/INJECT MAJ | $407.22 | $1,234.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Roane County Medical Center Harriman · Knoxville, TN SP ARTHRCNT ASP/INJ MAJ WO US | $407.22 | $1,234.00 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Pulaski Pulaski · Pulaski, TN Arthrocentesis, aspiration and/or injection, major joint or bursa (eg, shoulder, hip, knee, subacromial bursa); without ultrasound guidance | $430.29 | $1,468.55 | — source file |
| Vanderbilt Clarksville Hospital Clarksville · Clarksville, TN-KY DRAIN/INJECT, JOINT/BURSA | $1,506.03 | $7,763.00 | Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 9 | $64.89 | $292.60 |
| Knoxville, TN | 5 | $370.20 | $407.22 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 4 | $295.05 | $295.05 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4 | $73.66 | $266.36 |
| Johnson City, TN | 3 | $295.05 | $295.05 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 1 | $67.06 | $67.06 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $1,506.03 | $1,506.03 |
| Crossville, TN | 1 | $394.88 | $394.88 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $295.05 | $295.05 |
| Huntingdon, TN | 1 | $71.07 | $71.07 |
| Mountain City, TN | 1 | $289.57 | $289.57 |
| McMinnville, TN | 1 | $395.57 | $395.57 |
| Morristown, TN | 1 | $370.20 | $370.20 |
| Pikeville, TN | 1 | $350.85 | $350.85 |
| Pulaski, TN | 1 | $430.29 | $430.29 |
| Smithville, TN | 1 | $395.57 | $395.57 |
| Sneedville, TN | 1 | $289.57 | $289.57 |
| Sevierville, TN | 1 | $357.86 | $357.86 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $73.66 | $73.66 |
| Tazewell, TN | 1 | $345.52 | $345.52 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $73.66 | $73.66 |
| Union City, TN | 1 | $59.40 | $59.40 |
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
- New York$349.32
- 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
- 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.