Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Elizabeth City, NC — inpatient

In Elizabeth City, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $263.00 to $263.00, with a median of $263.00. Across North Carolina, the median is $429.75 at 34 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20550, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$263.00Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center
Median$263.00half pay less
Highest$263.00in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Elizabeth City, NC.

median
Lowest $263.00Highest $319.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center lowest Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 20550 Inject Tend Sheath Lig T $263.00 $526.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center lowest Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis $263.00 $526.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City, NC · (252) 335-0531 Oth-Inj Sgl Tendon Sheath/Lig $319.50 $639.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $263.00, median $263.00, highest $263.00.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $263.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

This code covers a steroid injection into a tendon sheath or ligament, such as for trigger finger, de Quervain's tenosynovitis or plantar fasciitis.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the injection. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.