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Major Joint Injection Or Aspiration With Ultrasound Guidance

Colorado rates for HCPCS 20611

A provider uses real-time ultrasound imaging to guide a needle into a large joint or nearby bursa, such as the shoulder, hip, or knee, to withdraw fluid, inject medication, or both. Using ultrasound helps the provider place the needle accurately, with images saved as part of the record.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Major Joint Injection Or Aspiration With Ultrasound Guidance cost?

$126

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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$100$77.62 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$186 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $78 to $6,026Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $58 to $302
$20.0$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,455professional $100

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
$57.54
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$575.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$181.97
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$416.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$194.98

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $126 · 14th of 51
WI $224RI $91.20

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.