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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Arizona 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?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $75.86 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 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 6 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$75.86$54.95 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$1,122 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $107 to $5,623Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $43 to $245
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,138professional $76

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$120.23

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 29th of 51

$85.11

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.