How much does intermediate joint injection (wrist, elbow, ankle) cost in Ohio?
CPT 20605 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
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20605 Intermediate joint injection (wrist, elbow, ankle)
Market typical price
$609
106 facilities · typical range $368 – $922 · 2.1× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$609
Medicare $295
$59 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $6,295
What Medicare paysⓘ
$295
Market typical
$609
Cash / self-pay price
$616
Prices near you — 106 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $59cash | 0.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $82cash | 0.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $148cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $196cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $196cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek) | Hospital | $257negotiated | 0.9× | — |
| Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center (Boardman) | Hospital | $270cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.8% |
| Knox Community Hospital (Mount Vernon) | Hospital | $280cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Coshocton Regional Medical Center (Coshocton) | Hospital | $288cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| East Liverpool City Hospital (East Liverpool) | Hospital | $288cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ohio State University State Health System (Columbus) | Hospital | $292negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center (Canal Winchester) | Hospital | $300cash | 1.0× | — |
| Mount Carmel East & West (Columbus) | Hospital | $300cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) | Hospital | $300cash | 1.0× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mount Carmel St Ann'S (Westerville) | Hospital | $300cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $306cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster) | Hospital | $325cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) | Hospital | $327cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) | Hospital | $338cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $346negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $358cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $368cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $368cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $368cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $368cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $368cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $368cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $368cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $373cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $387cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $406cash | 1.4× | — |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $413cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $418cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) | Hospital | $421cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $422cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Medical Center (Canton) | Hospital | $430cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $430cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Pomerene Hospital (Millersburg) | Hospital | $440cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) | Hospital | $450cash | 1.5× | — |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $451cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Memorial Hospital (Fremont) | Hospital | $486cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Bay Park Community Hospital (Oregon) | Hospital | $486cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Promedica Toledo Hospital (Toledo) | Hospital | $486cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.4% |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $490cash | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Institute For Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima) | Hospital | $525negotiated | 1.8× | hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Wood County Hospital (Bowling Green) | Hospital | $590cash | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Blanchard Valley Hospital (Findlay) | Hospital | $602cash | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 7.2% |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.1× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $609cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital (Tiffin) | Hospital | $624cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $624cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center (Ashland) | Hospital | $624cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $638cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) | Hospital | $643cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center (Lima) | Hospital | $661cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $670cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield) | Hospital | $703cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $706cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) | Hospital | $733cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital (Defiance) | Hospital | $772cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $786cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $817cash | 2.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Akron General Medical Center (Akron) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.5% |
| Euclid Hospital (Euclid) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.4% |
| Medina Hospital (Medina) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Union Hospital (Dover) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $913cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital (Batavia) | Hospital | $949cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital (Fairfield) | Hospital | $949cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $949cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Llc (Mason) | Hospital | $949cash | 3.2× | — |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $949cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron) | Hospital | $962cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $975cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) | Hospital | $996cash | 3.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $1,034cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Summa Health System (Akron) | Hospital | $1,164cash | 3.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) | Hospital | $1,164cash | 3.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Licking Memorial Hospital (Newark) | Hospital | $1,299cash | 4.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) | Hospital | $1,344cash | 4.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $1,394cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $1,426cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $1,426cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $1,458cash | 4.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) | Hospital | $1,584cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $1,853cash | 6.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) gross charge | Hospital | $1,853cash | 6.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $1,853cash | 6.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $1,853cash | 6.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) gross charge | Hospital | $2,217cash | 7.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) gross charge | Hospital | $3,747cash | 12.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) gross charge | Hospital | $3,747cash | 12.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Mh St Joseph Warren Hospital (Warren) gross charge | Hospital | $6,295cash | 21.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 9 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 20605 cost in Ohio?
For intermediate joint injection (wrist, elbow, ankle) (CPT 20605) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $609, with hospitals ranging from $368 to $922 across 106 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $295, the benchmark every published rate is measured against. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does intermediate joint injection (wrist, elbow, ankle) cost in Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for intermediate joint injection (wrist, elbow, ankle) (CPT 20605) in Ohio is around $609, with hospital prices ranging from $368 to $922 across 106 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 20605?
Medicare pays about $295 for intermediate joint injection (wrist, elbow, ankle) (CPT 20605). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of intermediate joint injection (wrist, elbow, ankle)?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.