Where can I find the cheapest aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint in Colorado?

The cheapest Colorado hospital published cash price for this procedure is $15.45. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.

Are these the prices I'll pay?

These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.

Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?

Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.

Where does this data come from?

Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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Aspiration And/or Injection of Fluid from Large Joint Cost in Colorado

What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 72 Colorado hospitals. CPT 20610. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.

📊 Median $532 📉 Low $15.45 📈 High $2,595 🏥 72 hospitals 🏛️ 67 with insurance contracts 🇺🇸 Medicare $70.64

Hospital comparison — Colorado

Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 72 hospitals.

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Hospital	Cash	Aetna	UHC	Cigna	Humana	Kaiser	MultiPlan	Medicare	Devoted
ST VINCENT GENERAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT LEADVILLE	$15.45	$45.81	$224	$230	$230	—	$207	—	—
BOULDER COMMUNITY HEALTH FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL BOULDER	$45.00	$34.29	$44.22	$72.00	$44.77	$78.24	$62.19	$34.20	$36.00
PROWERS MEDICAL CENTER KENDALL DR. LAMAR	$45.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
GRAND RIVER MEDICAL CENTER RIFLE	$56.50	$42.00	$89.40	$62.90	—	—	—	$58.32	—
CRAIG HOSPITAL ENGLEWOOD	$56.87	$96.12	$79.00	$75.67	—	$74.34	$118	$311	—
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GRAND JUNCTION	$57.68	$75.00	$75.00	$77.14	$322	$75.00	$90.00	—	—
WRAY COMMUNITY DISTRICT HOSPITAL WRAY	$89.02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
FAMILY HEALTH WEST HOSPITAL FRUITA	$91.70	$36.00	$36.00	$36.72	$36.36	$36.00	—	—	—
ASPEN VALLEY HOSPITAL ASPEN	$103	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
VAIL HEALTH HOSPITAL VAIL	$139	$168	$124	$131	—	—	—	$69.23	—
SOUTHWEST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CORTEZ	$144	$744	$764	$744	$231	$756	—	—	—
SEDGWICK COUNTY HEALTH CENTER JULESBURG	$149	$134	—	$194	—	—	—	—	—
UCHEALTH ESTES VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER ESTES PARK	$153	$72.42	$50.35	$72.42	$72.42	$99.96	$71.36	—	—
MIDDLE PARK MEDICAL CENTER - GRANBY GRANBY	$153	$61.44	$45.51	$172	$45.51	$75.09	—	$278	—
MIDDLE PARK HEALTH FRASER FRASER	$153	$61.44	$45.51	$172	$45.51	$75.09	—	$278	—
MIDDLE PARK MEDICAL CENTER KREMMLING	$153	$61.44	$45.51	$172	$45.51	$75.09	—	$278	—
KEEFE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CHEYENNE WELLS	$166	$76.00	$76.00	$95.00	—	$76.00	$90.00	—	—
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL GLENWOOD SPRINGS	$173	$94.00	$50.00	$96.00	$95.00	—	$96.00	—	—
DENVER HEALTH MAIN CAMPUS DENVER	$190	$324	$2,444	$2,983	—	—	—	—	—
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL TRINIDAD	$192	$39.92	$44.22	$39.92	$39.92	—	—	$39.92	$44.22
COMMONSPIRIT ST. MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL PUEBLO	$244	$43.34	$42.45	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$285	$43.34	$43.34
HAXTUN HOSPITAL DISTRICT HAXTUN	$260	$95.20	—	$82.50	—	—	—	$66.00	—
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL DURANGO	$305	$70.00	$322	$86.77	$322	$75.00	$74.00	$322	—
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL DELTA	$312	$324	$324	$340	$324	—	—	$324	—
UCHEALTH PARKVIEW PUEBLO WEST HOSPITAL PUEBLO WEST	$369	$297	$297	$326	$297	$297	$563	—	—
UCHEALTH PARKVIEW MEDICAL CENTER PUEBLO	$369	$297	$297	$326	$297	$297	$563	—	—
COMMONSPIRIT ST. ANTHONY NORTH HOSPITAL WESTMINSTER	$380	$43.34	$42.89	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$665	$43.34	$43.34
COMMONSPIRIT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST COLORADO SPRINGS	$380	$43.34	$356	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$665	$43.34	$43.34
COMMONSPIRIT ORTHOCOLORADO HOSPITAL LAKEWOOD	$380	$43.34	$42.89	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$665	$43.34	$43.34
COMMONSPIRIT ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL LAKEWOOD	$380	$43.34	$42.89	$447	$43.34	$43.34	$665	$43.34	—
COMMONSPIRIT LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL LONGMONT	$380	$44.22	$44.66	$44.22	$44.22	$44.22	$703	$44.22	$44.22
COMMONSPIRIT PENROSE HOSPITAL COLORADO SPRINGS	$380	$43.34	$42.89	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$665	$43.34	$43.34
COMMONSPIRIT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL COLORADO SPRINGS	$380	$43.34	$42.89	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$665	$43.34	$43.34
UCHEALTH UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AURORA	$433	$297	$288	$297	$297	$297	$680	—	$297
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH DENVER	$500	$70.00	$324	$51.01	$65.00	$85.00	$75.00	—	—
HAXTUN HEALTH CLINIC HAXTUN	$526	$95.20	—	$82.50	—	—	—	$66.00	—
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL GREELEY	$532	$295	$295	$295	$295	$295	$718	—	$295
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL HIGHLANDS RANCH	$554	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$1,274	—	$297
ARKANSAS VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER LA JUNTA	$571	$857	$286	$904	$857	$295	—	—	—
UCHEALTH POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL FORT COLLINS	$620	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$806	—	$297
UCHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES LOVELAND	$620	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$806	—	$297
UCHEALTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH COLORADO SPRINGS	$634	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$1,001	—	$297
UCHEALTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS	$634	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$1,001	—	$297
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL BROOMFIELD	$646	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$1,274	—	$297
UCHEALTH LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL LONGMONT	$646	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$1,108	—	$297
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL COLORADO SPRINGS	$646	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$1,274	—	$297
SOUTHEAST COLORADO HOSPITAL SPRINGFIELD	$658	$807	$772	$782	—	—	—	—	—
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO AURORA	$666	$666	$638	$739	$625	$348	$881	—	—
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO, COLORADO SPRINGS BRIARGATE PKWY COLORADO SPRINGS	$666	$269	$638	$739	$625	$348	$881	—	—
COMMONSPIRIT ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL FORT MORGAN	$670	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$1,574	$43.34	$43.34
KINDRED HOSPITAL AURORA 2ND FLOOR	$691	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
KINDRED HOSPITAL - DENVER DENVER	$691	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
COMMONSPIRIT ST. THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL CANON CITY	$721	$170	$181	$170	$170	$170	$963	$170	$170
KIT CARSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURLINGTON	$745	$359	$789	—	—	—	—	$49.83	—
UC HEALTH PIKES PEAK REGIONAL HOSPITAL WOODLAND PARK	$814	$254	$254	$254	$254	$254	$804	—	$254
PAM HEALTH SPECIALTY HOSPITAL OF DENVER DENVER	$866	—	—	—	—	—	$693	—	—
UCHEALTH YAMPA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER STEAMBOAT SPRINGS	$1,025	$297	$297	$297	$297	$297	$1,036	—	$297
COMMONSPIRIT MERCY HOSPITAL DURANGO	$1,108	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$43.34	$2,494	$43.34	—
PAM HEALTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF WESTMINSTER WESTMINSTER	$1,227	$44.54	$309	—	$278	—	$982	—	—
PAM HEALTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF GREELEY GREELEY	$1,227	$44.54	$321	—	$289	$51.43	$982	—	—

What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 20610, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $365 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.

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That is the median of what the 72 Colorado hospitals above publish for Aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint — their own figures, filed under federal law. A bill well above them is evidence you can put in writing.

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Medicare reimbursement benchmark

For CPT 20610 in Colorado, Medicare reimburses about $70.64 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Colorado range from $15.45 to $2,595 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 7.5x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.

Frequently asked questions

How much does aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint cost in Colorado?: Cash prices for aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint (CPT 20610) in Colorado range from $15.45 to $2,595, with a median of $532. Prices vary widely by hospital.
Where can I find the cheapest aspiration and/or injection of fluid from large joint in Colorado?: The cheapest Colorado hospital published cash price for this procedure is $15.45. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
Are these the prices I'll pay?: These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?: Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
Where does this data come from?: Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Colorado facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 20610 (Bones & Joints). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.