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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Utah 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?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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$97.72$67.61 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$479 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $68 to $4,571Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $45 to $269
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $98

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
$67.61
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$89.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$165.96
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$173.78
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$112.20

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 13th of 51

$97.72

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.