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Small Joint Injection With Ultrasound Guidance

Vermont 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 physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $58.88 to $97.72.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $55 to $105
$50$100$200professional $87

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$147.91
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$138.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 26th 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.