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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Mississippi 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 Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$79.43$61.66 to $132
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$72.44 to $794

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $54 to $1,380Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $42 to $178
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $525professional $79

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
$42.66
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$162.18

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 27th 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.