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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Georgia 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?

$93.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $93.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $85.11 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$85.11$61.66 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$1,288 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $525 to $7,079Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $47 to $186
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $85

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
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$162.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$549.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$147.91

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 14th of 51

$93.33

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.