Tendon sheath injection cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 14 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $220.32 to $1,502.75, with a median of $315.25. The lowest listed price is at Children's Mercy Hospital and 1 other hospital — $94.93 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $323.88 at 58 hospitals.
- The median here, $315.25, is 20% below the US median of $392.00.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Kansas City, MO has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Missouri with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 3 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 10 cities for code 20550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 5, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Mercy Hospital lowest Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 INJ SGL TENDON SHTH OR LIGAMENT TX RM OTO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $220.32 | $459.00 | $188.19–$735.32 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas lowest Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 INJ SGL TENDON SHTH OR LIGAMENT TX RM OTO File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $220.32 | $459.00 | $188.19–$735.32 | 52% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 20550 Inj Tendon Sheath EFP File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $249.32 | $453.30 | $83.85–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 20550 Inj Tendon Sheath EFP File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $249.32 | $453.30 | $60.20–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 20550 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT, SINGLE RAY+1 more line at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $249.48 | $453.60 | $83.85–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 20550 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT, SINGLE RAY+1 more line at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $249.48 | $453.60 | $60.20–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Providence Medical Center Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc Inject Tendon Sheath/Ligament File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $289.00 | $918.38 | $104.08–$918.38 | 69% |
| Saint John Hospital Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc Inject Tendon Sheath/Ligament File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $289.00 | $1,632.96 | $67.65–$1,632.96 | 82% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc Inject Tendon Sheath/Ligament File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $305.00 | $1,405.53 | $251.65–$1,405.53 | 78% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 INJECTION TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $325.50 | $465.00 | $307.45–$395.25 | 30% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 20550 Inj Tendon Sheath OBS File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $330.00 | $600.00 | $60.20–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| University Health Truman Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-1000 LT+3 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $330.00 | $600.00 | $10.00–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 20550 Inj Tendon Sheath OBS File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $330.00 | $600.00 | $83.85–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Lakewood Medical Center one side Kansas City, MO · (816) 404-7000 LT+3 more lines at this price File of Aug 5, 2026 · source file | $330.00 | $600.00 | $10.00–$3,100.00 | 45% |
| Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 PRO-INJ SGLE TENDON+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $339.00 | $339.00 | $63.05–$2,550.00 | — |
| Liberty Hospital Liberty, MO · (816) 781-7200 US INJ SGL TEND SHTH LIG +3 more lines at this price File of Jul 9, 2026 · source file | $409.00 | $1,469.00 | $409.85–$1,198.70 | 72% |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 Inj single tendon/lesion File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $431.87 | $616.95 | $80.20–$1,160.00 | 30% |
| Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute Leawood, KS · (913) 319-7633 Inj tendon sheath/ligament+1 more line at this price File of Dec 5, 2025 · source file | $497.00 | $16,288.69 | $262.86–$4,746.00 | 97% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 INJ SGL TENDON SHTH OR LIGAMENT TX RM IR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $566.40 | $1,180.00 | $201.80–$1,062.00 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 INJ SGL TENDON SHTH OR LIGAMENT TX RM IR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $566.40 | $1,180.00 | $201.80–$1,062.00 | 52% |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC INJECT TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,502.75 | $1,502.75 | — | — |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC INJECT TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,502.75 | $1,502.75 | — | — |
| Ascentist Hospital both sides Leawood, KS · (913) 529-1801 PR INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT BILAT File of Apr 26, 2026 · source file | $523.10 | $1,301.00 | $482.41–$651.79 | 60% |
Outpatient: lowest $220.32, median $315.25, highest $1,502.75 — a 6.8× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $523.10, median $523.10, highest $523.10.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $325.50. 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 11 of 12 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.
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