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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques

Injection into the sacroiliac joint with imaging guidance

CPT 27096the billing code this page is about

Injection of anesthetic or steroid into the joint between the sacrum and pelvis, using X-ray or CT guidance to place the needle; covers one joint injection.

Hospitals typically charge $723 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,093 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $773. Most fall between $255 and $1,595 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,093
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,093 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$159$316$723$1,369$2,237

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($159 vs $2,237).

How the prices are spread

$105 – $147: 80 hospitals$105$147 – $205: 127 hospitals$205 – $285: 165 hospitals$205$285 – $398: 157 hospitals$398 – $556: 261 hospitals$398$556 – $776: 212 hospitals$776 – $1,083: 277 hospitals$776$1,083 – $1,511: 250 hospitals$1,511 – $2,109: 227 hospitals$1,511$2,109 – $2,944: 129 hospitals$2,109median $723price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,885 of 2,093 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$105$14780
$147$205127
$205$285165
$285$398157
$398$556261
$556$776212
$776$1,083277
$1,083$1,511250
$1,511$2,109227
$2,109$2,944129

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $723.

Alaska: median $1,689 across 13 hospitalsAK$1,689Maine: median $308 across 18 hospitalsME$308Vermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $718 across 19 hospitalsNH$718Washington: median $670 across 57 hospitalsWA$670Idaho: median $725 across 21 hospitalsID$725Montana: median $254 across 21 hospitalsMT$254North Dakota: median $245 across 17 hospitalsND$245Minnesota: median $797 across 80 hospitalsMN$797Illinois: median $778 across 95 hospitalsIL$778Wisconsin: median $731 across 94 hospitalsWI$731Michigan: median $232 across 61 hospitalsMI$232New York: median $1,065 across 74 hospitalsNY$1,065Massachusetts: median $1,402 across 38 hospitalsMA$1,402Oregon: median $510 across 45 hospitalsOR$510Nevada: median $428 across 11 hospitalsNV$428Wyoming: median $400 across 13 hospitalsWY$400South Dakota: median $809 across 20 hospitalsSD$809Iowa: median $420 across 81 hospitalsIA$420Indiana: median $400 across 52 hospitalsIN$400Ohio: median $850 across 95 hospitalsOH$850Pennsylvania: median $758 across 57 hospitalsPA$758New Jersey: median $2,000 across 36 hospitalsNJ$2,000Connecticut: median $2,191 across 20 hospitalsCT$2,191Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $656 across 109 hospitalsCA$656Utah: median $1,369 across 30 hospitalsUT$1,369Colorado: median $827 across 47 hospitalsCO$827Nebraska: median $622 across 63 hospitalsNE$622Missouri: median $682 across 46 hospitalsMO$682Kentucky: median $916 across 34 hospitalsKY$916West Virginia: median $168 across 29 hospitalsWV$168Virginia: median $531 across 25 hospitalsVA$531Maryland: median $671 across 13 hospitalsMD$671Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $347 across 26 hospitalsAZ$347New Mexico: median $328 across 12 hospitalsNM$328Kansas: median $525 across 71 hospitalsKS$525Arkansas: median $283 across 16 hospitalsAR$283Tennessee: median $352 across 45 hospitalsTN$352North Carolina: median $848 across 58 hospitalsNC$848South Carolina: median $1,323 across 38 hospitalsSC$1,323Oklahoma: median $199 across 28 hospitalsOK$199Louisiana: median $305 across 33 hospitalsLA$305Mississippi: median $507 across 27 hospitalsMS$507Alabama: median $687 across 25 hospitalsAL$687Georgia: median $1,606 across 56 hospitalsGA$1,606Hawaii: median $366 across 10 hospitalsHI$366Texas: median $950 across 124 hospitalsTX$950Florida: median $1,567 across 68 hospitalsFL$1,567
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $723. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Connecticut CT20$2,191+203%$435 – $3,591
New Jersey NJ36$2,000+176%$304 – $5,741
Alaska AK13$1,689+133%$1,025 – $2,902
Georgia GA56$1,606+122%$650 – $2,108
Florida FL68$1,567+117%$848 – $2,005
Massachusetts MA38$1,402+94%$302 – $2,038
Utah UT30$1,369+89%$1,122 – $1,610
South Carolina SC38$1,323+83%$630 – $1,757
New York NY74$1,065+47%$186 – $2,979
Texas TX124$950+31%$289 – $1,679
Kentucky KY34$916+27%$400 – $1,473
Ohio OH95$850+18%$251 – $1,559
North Carolina NC58$848+17%$277 – $1,266
Colorado CO47$827+14%$339 – $1,473
South Dakota SD20$809+12%$455 – $1,144
Minnesota MN80$797+10%$422 – $1,060
Illinois IL95$778+8%$326 – $1,448
Pennsylvania PA57$758+5%$132 – $1,692
Wisconsin WI94$731+1%$406 – $1,318
Idaho ID21$7250%$351 – $1,886
New Hampshire NH19$718−1%$136 – $1,167
Alabama AL25$687−5%$228 – $1,825
Missouri MO46$682−6%$255 – $1,700
Maryland MD13$671−7%$374 – $915
Washington WA57$670−7%$299 – $1,999
California CA109$656−9%$414 – $1,623
Nebraska NE63$622−14%$249 – $1,476
Virginia VA25$531−27%$228 – $546
Kansas KS71$525−27%$213 – $991
Oregon OR45$510−30%$251 – $947
Mississippi MS27$507−30%$269 – $604
Nevada NV11$428−41%$284 – $1,093
Iowa IA81$420−42%$315 – $1,076
Wyoming WY13$400−45%$263 – $814
Indiana IN52$400−45%$149 – $2,018
Hawaii HI10$366−49%$141 – $603
Tennessee TN45$352−51%$224 – $653
Arizona AZ26$347−52%$275 – $3,375
New Mexico NM12$328−55%$223 – $1,509
Maine ME18$308−57%$137 – $1,376
Louisiana LA33$305−58%$119 – $684
Arkansas AR16$283−61%$203 – $709
Montana MT21$254−65%$110 – $493
North Dakota ND17$245−66%$147 – $1,130
Michigan MI61$232−68%$105 – $1,544
Oklahoma OK28$199−73%$171 – $878
West Virginia WV29$168−77%$105 – $702
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $723.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,423$829$300 – $1,799
Children’s45$752$141 – $1,570
Critical access620$470$205 – $1,145
Ownership
For-profit174$968$407 – $2,269
Government418$542$225 – $1,216
Non-profit1,496$731$252 – $1,610
System affiliation
Part of a system1,657$763$277 – $1,625
Independent436$521$192 – $1,375

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,252
Median cash price$723
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,414 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $788 and the average of the middle 60% is $832; most fall between $278 and $1,610.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,414 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$183$350$788$1,386$2,108

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($183 vs $2,108).

Of the 1,537 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,414 gave a usable cash price; 38 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 85 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,093 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (53%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,319 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,093
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here75
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded8
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded143
Hospitals that filed this code2,319

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic radiology and related techniques family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Inject Si Joint Arthrgrphy&/Anes/Steroid W/Ima.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Injection into the sacroiliac joint with imaging guidance (CPT 27096) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-27096-injection-into-the-sacroiliac-joint-with-imaging-guidance