Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Lubbock, TX — inpatient

In Lubbock, TX, 5 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $50.40 to $970.00, with a median of $717.78. The lowest listed price is at Methodist Hospital Levelland — $667.38 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $460.94 at 80 hospitals.

Cash prices at 5 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 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$50.40Methodist Hospital Levelland
Median$717.78half pay less
Highest$970.00in this market
Difference19.2×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 Lubbock, TX.

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Lowest $50.40Highest $970.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Methodist Hospital Levelland lowest Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC PR 20550 INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS RHC $50.40 $120.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS $361.62 $861.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX · (806) 894-4963 HC ED INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT CDM $361.62 $861.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS $717.78 $1,709.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Long-Term Care Lubbock, TX HC ED INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT CDM $717.78 $1,709.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC ED INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT CDM $717.78 $1,709.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS $717.78 $1,709.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Covenant Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-4431 HC ED INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT CDM $717.78 $1,709.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Children's Hospital Lubbock, TX · (806) 725-7975 HC INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS $717.78 $1,709.00 — 58% Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Inj Sgl Tendon Shth/Liga $970.00 $970.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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University Medical Center Lubbock, TX · (806) 775-8200 Hc Us Inj Tendon Sheath $970.00 $970.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $50.40, median $717.78, highest $970.00 — a 19.2× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $717.78 — 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.