Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Hermitage, PA — inpatient

In Hermitage, PA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $863.94 to $1,162.20, with a median of $1,013.07. The lowest listed price is at Grove City Medical Center — $149.13 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $712.80 at 61 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 20550, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 14, 2026 and Apr 14, 2026.

Lowest$863.94Grove City Medical Center
Median$1,013.07half pay less
Highest$1,162.20in this market
Difference1.3×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 Hermitage, PA.

median
Lowest $863.94Highest $1,162.20

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Grove City Medical Center lowest Grove City, PA · (724) 450-7000 HC INJ SNGL TNDN/SHTH/LGMNT $863.94 $1,122.00 $31.62–$164.03 23% Apr 14, 2026
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UPMC Horizon - Greenville Greenville, PA · (724) 588-2100 INJ(S) TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT $1,162.20 $1,937.00 $658.58–$1,646.45 40% —
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Inpatient: lowest $863.94, median $1,013.07, highest $1,162.20 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,013.07 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.