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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Kansas 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?

$87.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $955 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$77.62$67.61 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$955$282 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $85 to $7,413Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $47 to $123
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $955professional $78

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
$117.49
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$107.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$524.81
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 23rd of 51

$87.10

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.