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Joint Injection, Medium-Sized Joint

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 20605

A procedure in which medication, such as a steroid or lubricating fluid, or sometimes fluid for testing, is injected directly into a medium-sized joint like the wrist, elbow, or ankle. It's used to reduce pain and inflammation, or to draw off fluid for relief or laboratory analysis. The needle is guided into the joint space, and the procedure is typically done in an office setting.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Joint Injection, Medium-Sized Joint cost?

$67.61

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $67.61 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $1,288 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$66.07$50.12 to $95.50
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,288$468 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,236Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $36 to $151
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,288professional $66

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
$281.84
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$446.68
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$91.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$15,135.61
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$102.33

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. 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.

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$67.61

WI $132RI $54.95

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.