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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Florida 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?

$77.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 8 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$48.98 to $97.72
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,072 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $501 to $10,471Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $42 to $186
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$436.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$151.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$190.55
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$141.25
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$123.03
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 43rd of 51

$77.62

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.