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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

New Mexico 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?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $72.44 from a physician practice, and about $234 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 7 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$54.95 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$234$87.10 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $234 · 10th to 90th $60 to $1,698Professionalmedian $72 · 10th to 90th $43 to $191
$100$1K$10Kfacility $234professional $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
$60.26
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$69.18
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$134.90
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91

Where New Mexico 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.

New Mexico· 45th of 51

$75.86

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.