Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Manchester, NH — inpatient

In Manchester-Nashua, NH, 3 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $113.09 to $327.99, with a median of $295.26. The lowest listed price is at Monadnock Community Hospital — $182.17 less than the median here. Across New Hampshire, the median is $177.79 at 5 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities 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$113.09Monadnock Community Hospital
Median$295.26half pay less
Highest$327.99in this market
Difference2.9×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 Manchester-Nashua, NH.

median
Lowest $113.09Highest $327.99

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Monadnock Community Hospital lowest Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 INJ TENDON SHEATH LIG/TRGR.20550 $113.09 $188.49 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NH · (603) 924-7191 INJ TENDON SHEATH/TRIGGER PNT $221.40 $369.00 — 40% Apr 1, 2026
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Elliot Hospital Manchester, NH · (603) 669-5300 Hc Inj(S) Tendon Sheath/Ligament $295.26 $798.00 — 63% Apr 1, 2026
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMNT $327.99 $841.00 — 61% —
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St Joseph Hospital of Nashua Nashua, NH · (603) 882-3000 HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT $327.99 $841.00 — 61% —
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Inpatient: lowest $113.09, median $295.26, highest $327.99 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $295.26 — 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is 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.

Monadnock Community Hospital Peterborough, NHMHP INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT $22.80 file