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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 20604

A clinician uses ultrasound imaging to guide a needle precisely into a small joint or its surrounding bursa, such as a joint in a finger or toe, either to draw out fluid for testing or to inject medication like a steroid. Watching the needle in real time on ultrasound helps ensure accurate placement in these smaller, harder-to-target joints. The imaging guidance and its documentation are included as part of this service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $631 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$72.44$57.54 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$631$275 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,820Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $42 to $120
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $631professional $72

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$117.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$117.49
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Wisconsin than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arkansas· 36th of 51

$81.28

WI $158KY $67.61

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.