US Health Care Costs

Joint injection, large joint (knee, shoulder)

CPT 20610 · Surgery · hospital facility charge

At the 172 hospitals whose price files we have read so far, the typical cash price is $760, and most charge between $345 and $1,415 (the middle 80%; price files contain errors, so the extremes are left out). Pick a state to compare its hospitals.

Estimate what you would pay

$760typical cash price
$991typical commercial insurer rate
$1,300typical list price
172hospitals in 37 states so far
Typical cash price by state
AKMEWI$705VTNHWA$953ID$1.3kMTNDMN$143IL$650MI$422NY$1.7kMA$539OR$847NVWYSD$900IA$1.0kIN$383OH$1.3kPA$484NJ$436CT$1.1kRICA$956UT$963CO$433NE$253MO$454KY$1.2kWVVA$523MD$1.1kDE$956AZ$1.5kNMKSARTN$636NC$382SC$479DCOK$1.1kLAMS$410AL$735GA$1.0kHITX$1.3kFL$656PR

Every state

StateHospitalsTypical cash priceLowest cashHighest cashTypical insurer price
Alabama1$735$735$735$569
Arizona2$1,533$467$2,599$1,046
California15$956$333$1,499$1,677
Colorado1$433$433$433$642
Connecticut1$1,061$1,061$1,061$114
Delaware1$956$956$956$1,425
Florida16$656$592$1,190$1,950
Georgia7$1,022$839$1,282$2,685
Iowa1$1,017$1,017$1,017$751
Idaho2$1,344$1,344$1,344$1,102
Illinois9$650$208$1,329$817
Indiana3$383$302$513$1,007
Kansas3–––$434
Kentucky2$1,185$1,185$1,185$836
Massachusetts4$539$455$588$347
Maryland1$1,058$1,058$1,058–
Michigan3$422$422$1,066$218
Minnesota1$143$143$143$440
Missouri6$454$225$4,495$522
Mississippi1$410$410$410$679
North Carolina6$382$294$646$385
Nebraska1$253$253$253$704
New Jersey10$436$327$6,839$1,308
Nevada1–––$1,706
New York3$1,655$1,258$2,052$1,200
Ohio10$1,255$75$3,031$962
Oklahoma3$1,140$917$1,405$869
Oregon1$847$847$847$731
Pennsylvania10$484$303$1,284$708
South Carolina5$479$479$809$539
South Dakota1$900$900$900$619
Tennessee3$636$636$636$996
Texas26$1,337$220$2,550$1,356
Utah2$963$885$1,041$994
Virginia7$523$523$523$1,673
Washington2$953$785$1,121$977
Wisconsin1$705$705$705$1,515
172 hospitals so far: only hospitals whose price files we've read are listed, and more are added every night. The price is the hospital's part; the doctor usually bills separately.

Common questions

How much does joint injection cost at a hospital?

At 130 hospitals that publish a cash price, the typical price for joint injection is $760, and most charge between $345 and $1,415. The typical rate commercial insurers have negotiated is $991. These are hospital prices; independent clinics, imaging centers and labs often charge less.

Is it cheaper to pay cash or use insurance for joint injection?

At 71 of the 124 hospitals that publish both, the cash price is lower than the typical insurer rate. Remember that with insurance you pay only your share of that rate once your deductible is met, and that cash payments usually don't count toward your deductible.

Does the price include the doctor?

No. These are the hospital's own charges, often called the facility fee. The doctors involved, such as the surgeon, the anesthesiologist or the radiologist who reads a scan, usually send a separate bill.

Before you go