Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Lexington, KY — inpatient

In Lexington-Fayette, KY, 1 hospital lists a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $547.86 to $547.86, with a median of $547.86. Across Kentucky, the median is $1,405.87 at 11 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20550, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$547.86University of Kentucky Hospital
Median$547.86half pay less
Highest$547.86in 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 Lexington-Fayette, KY.

median
Lowest $547.86Highest $821.13
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
University of Kentucky Hospital lowest Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Inject Tendon Sheath/Ligament $547.86 $1,369.65 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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University of Kentucky Hospital one side Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Injection Tendon Sheath/Ligament Unilateral $547.86 $1,369.65 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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University of Kentucky Hospital both sides Lexington, KY · (859) 257-2278 Hc Injection Tendon Sheath/Ligament Bilateral $821.13 $2,052.82 — 60% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $547.86, median $547.86, highest $547.86.

Both sides : lowest $821.13, median $821.13, highest $821.13.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $976.87 — 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.