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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Connecticut 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $93.33 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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$93.33$67.61 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$3,162 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,511Professionalmedian $93 · 10th to 90th $46 to $263
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $93

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
$562.34
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$316.23
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 11th of 51

$97.72

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.