How much does major joint injection/aspiration (knee, hip, shoulder) cost in Ohio?
CPT 20610 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
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20610 Major joint injection/aspiration (knee, hip, shoulder)
Market typical price
$698
107 facilities · typical range $502 – $984 · 2.4× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$698
Medicare $295
$23 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $3,292
What Medicare paysⓘ
$295
Market typical
$698
Cash / self-pay price
$730
Prices near you — 107 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel East & West (Columbus) lowest ⚠ likely error | Hospital | $23cash | 0.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) | Hospital | $75cash | 0.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $82cash | 0.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $182cash | 0.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster) | Hospital | $230cash | 0.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek) | Hospital | $257negotiated | 0.9× | — |
| Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital (Defiance) | Hospital | $279cash | 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 | $306negotiated | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $346cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $346cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $346negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $391cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $391cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $391cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $391cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $391cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $391cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $391cash | 1.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $397cash | 1.3× | — |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $463cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Wilson Memorial Hospital (Sidney) | Hospital | $472cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $474cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Blanchard Valley Hospital (Findlay) | Hospital | $481cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 7.2% |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $490cash | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $502cash | 1.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $510cash | 1.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Institute For Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima) | Hospital | $525negotiated | 1.8× | hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Diley Ridge Medical Center (Canal Winchester) | Hospital | $532cash | 1.8× | — |
| Mount Carmel St Ann'S (Westerville) | Hospital | $532cash | 1.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Pomerene Hospital (Millersburg) | Hospital | $570cash | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital (Fremont) | Hospital | $574cash | 1.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Wood County Hospital (Bowling Green) | Hospital | $590cash | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $598cash | 2.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $604cash | 2.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) | Hospital | $606cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) | Hospital | $643cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) | Hospital | $664cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $694cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $696cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $696cash | 2.4× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $696cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) | Hospital | $696cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $696cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $696cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $696cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $696cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) | Hospital | $697cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Bay Park Community Hospital (Oregon) | Hospital | $699cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Promedica Toledo Hospital (Toledo) | Hospital | $699cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.4% |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $706cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Mercy Health Kings Mills Hospital Llc (Mason) | Hospital | $715cash | 2.4× | — |
| The Jewish Hospital-Mercy Health (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $715cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Mercy Health - Tiffin Hospital (Tiffin) | Hospital | $716cash | 2.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health St Ritas Medical Center (Lima) | Hospital | $730cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital (Batavia) | Hospital | $751cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $751cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $751cash | 2.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $766cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center (Boardman) | Hospital | $770cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.8% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) | Hospital | $770cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Mh St Joseph Warren Hospital (Warren) | Hospital | $770cash | 2.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center (Ashland) | Hospital | $794cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) | Hospital | $798cash | 2.7× | — |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) | Hospital | $798cash | 2.7× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $851cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Springfield Regional Medical Center (Springfield) | Hospital | $861cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| 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× | ★★★★★ |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $980cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) | Hospital | $984cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Medical Center (Canton) | Hospital | $1,046cash | 3.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $1,052cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $1,067cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $1,072cash | 3.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $1,096cash | 3.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron) | Hospital | $1,133cash | 3.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $1,156cash | 3.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $1,242cash | 4.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $1,394cash | 4.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Licking Memorial Hospital (Newark) | Hospital | $1,445cash | 4.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $1,521cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital (Fairfield) | Hospital | $1,527cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Knox Community Hospital (Mount Vernon) | Hospital | $1,543cash | 5.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) | Hospital | $1,588cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $1,591cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $1,591cash | 5.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| Summa Health System (Akron) gross charge | Hospital | $1,810cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) gross charge | Hospital | $1,810cash | 6.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) gross charge | Hospital | $1,993cash | 6.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $2,021cash | 6.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) gross charge | Hospital | $2,021cash | 6.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $2,021cash | 6.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) gross charge | Hospital | $2,021cash | 6.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) gross charge | Hospital | $2,513cash | 8.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) gross charge | Hospital | $2,513cash | 8.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) gross charge | Hospital | $3,292cash | 11.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
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. 11 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 20610 cost in Ohio?
For major joint injection/aspiration (knee, hip, shoulder) (CPT 20610) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $698, with hospitals ranging from $502 to $984 across 107 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 major joint injection/aspiration (knee, hip, shoulder) cost in Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for major joint injection/aspiration (knee, hip, shoulder) (CPT 20610) in Ohio is around $698, with hospital prices ranging from $502 to $984 across 107 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 20610?
Medicare pays about $295 for major joint injection/aspiration (knee, hip, shoulder) (CPT 20610). 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 major joint injection/aspiration (knee, hip, shoulder)?
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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.