Tendon sheath injection cost in Fayetteville, AR
In Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR, 3 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $85.00 to $415.32, with a median of $196.95. The lowest listed price is at Ozarks Community Hospital — $111.95 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $113.95 at 12 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 20550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ozarks Community Hospital lowest Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 INJECTION SINGLE TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $85.00 | $1,139.00 | $31.25–$592.28 | 93% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital lowest Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 INJECTION SINGLE TENDON SHEATH OR LI | $85.00 | $145.00 | $31.25–$630.00 | 41% | — source file |
| Ozarks Community Hospital lowest Gravette, AR · (479) 787-5291 TRIGGER POINT INJECTION | $85.00 | $145.00 | $31.25–$630.00 | 41% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, AR Inj Sgl Ten Sheath/Lig/Apo | $196.95 | $303.00 | $297.00–$674.19 | 35% | — source file |
| Arkansas Childrens Northwest Springdale, AR · (479) 725-6800 NJX 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $415.32 | $461.47 | $286.49–$461.47 | 10% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas both sides Department Bella Vista, AR Bilat Inj Sgl Ten Sheath/Lig/Apo | $865.15 | $1,331.00 | $1,846.00 | 35% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $85.00, median $196.95, highest $415.32 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $865.15, median $865.15, highest $865.15.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $85.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20550 ($401.40). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, ARInj Sgl Ten Sheath/Lig/Apo Mlp | $31.85 | file |
| Mercy Hospital Northwest Arkansas Department Bella Vista, ARInj Sgl Ten Sheath/Lig/Apo Pf | $37.05 | file |