Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Outpatient

Tendon sheath injection cost in New York, NY

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 69 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $112.00 to $6,839.00, with a median of $685.00. The lowest listed price is at BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus and 1 other hospital — $573.00 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $493.76 at 99 hospitals.

  • The median here, $685.00, is 75% above the US median of $392.00.
  • That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
  • 22 of 69 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 69 facilities across 47 cities for code 20550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 8, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 22, 2025 and Sep 28, 2026.

Lowest$112.00BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus + 1 more
Median$685.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,839.00in this market
Difference61.1×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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

median
Lowest $112.00Highest $9,427.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR L File of May 5, 2026 · source file $112.00 $112.00 $34.00–$78.40 —
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR L File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file $112.00 $112.00 $34.00–$78.40 —
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · (718) 920-4321 PR INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS+1 more line at this price File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file $271.41 $415.00 $19.96–$345.45 35%
St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers Yonkers, NY · (914) 378-7000 Njx 1 tendon sheath/ligament+3 more lines at this price File of Jul 13, 2026 · source file $313.60 — $49.06–$1,474.90 —
Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ · (973) 383-2121 Inj(S) Sng Tendon Shth Aponeuro File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $342.51 $812.00 — 58%
Harlem Hospital Center New York, NY · (212) 939-1000 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $881.99 $313.37–$1,707.00 60%
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY · (718) 616-4834 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $881.99 $44.44–$1,016.00 60%
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NY · (212) 423-6262 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $881.99 $299.65–$1,707.00 60%
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx, NY · (718) 579-5000 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $881.99 $44.44–$1,016.00 60%
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY · (718) 883-3000 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $1,016.92 $42.94–$1,016.00 66%
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 963-8100 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $1,016.92 $299.43–$1,707.00 66%
North Central Bronx Hospital Bronx, NY HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $1,016.92 $44.44–$1,016.00 66%
Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY · (212) 561-4132 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $1,016.92 $43.26–$1,016.00 66%
Elmhurst Hospital Center Broadway Elmhurst, NY · (718) 334-1141 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $881.99 $42.94–$1,016.00 60%
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 245-3901 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $1,016.92 $44.44–$1,016.00 66%
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY · (718) 918-5000 HC INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $349.32 $1,016.92 $322.21–$1,707.00 66%
Saint Marys Hospital Passaic, NJ · (973) 365-4300 Hc Inject Tendon Sheath/Ligament File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $362.00 $1,118.80 $213.58–$1,118.80 68%
Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center Montclair, NJ · (973) 429-6000 Injection into tendon or ligament File of Feb 12, 2026 · source file $380.86 $784.23 $82.34–$22,900.00 51%
Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Inj(S) Sng Tendon Shth Aponeuro File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $393.89 $1,431.00 — 72%
Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Inj(S) Sng Tendon Shth Aponeuro File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $393.89 $1,293.00 — 70%
Englewood Health Englewood, NJ · (201) 894-3000 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis File of Feb 2, 2026 · source file $410.70 $4,107.00 $300.22–$3,285.60 90%
University Hospital Newark, NJ · (973) 972-4300 INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file $411.38 $1,610.54 $83.29–$1,892.00 74%
NYU Langone – Orthopedic Hospital New York, NY HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $592.60 $3,118.97 $27.49–$25,798.00 81%
NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $592.60 $3,118.97 $27.49–$25,798.00 81%
NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $592.60 $3,118.97 $27.49–$25,798.00 81%
NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $592.60 $3,118.97 $27.49–$25,798.00 81%
NYU Langone – Tisch Hospital New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $592.60 $3,118.97 $27.49–$25,798.00 81%
Holy Name Teaneck, NJ · (201) 833-3000 INJ TENDON/LIG/TRIG PT/GANG File of Nov 10, 2025 · source file $600.00 $610.00 $84.13–$4,456.00 2%
The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 INJ TE/SH/LI/TR PNTS OR GANG File of May 6, 2026 · source file $621.00 $1,035.00 $231.63–$3,000.00 40%
The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 Njx 1 Tdn Shth/Ligm Aponeurosis - 20550+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $675.00 $750.00 — 10%
Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY Njx 1 Tdn Shth/Ligm Aponeurosis - 20550+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $675.00 $750.00 — 10%
Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY Njx 1 Tdn Shth/Ligm Aponeurosis - 20550+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $675.00 $750.00 — 10%
Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (212) 420-2000 Njx 1 Tdn Shth/Ligm Aponeurosis - 20550+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $675.00 $750.00 — 10%
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY · (718) 262-6000 INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $685.00 $685.00 $35.00–$1,912.00 —
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center one side Jamaica, NY · (718) 262-6000 INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT+1 more line at this price File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $685.00 $685.00 $200.00–$1,912.00 —
Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing, NY · (718) 670-5000 INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $685.00 $685.00 $35.00–$1,912.00 —
Flushing Hospital Medical Center one side Flushing, NY · (718) 670-5000 INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $685.00 $685.00 $200.00–$1,912.00 —
BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INJ; TENDON SHEATH LIG GANG CY File of May 5, 2026 · source file $694.12 $694.12 $284.28–$2,500.00 —
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INJ; TENDON SHEATH LIG GANG CY File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file $694.12 $694.12 $284.28–$2,500.00 —
Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Ed Inject Tendon/Ligament+3 more lines at this price File of Oct 28, 2025 · source file $746.90 $1,067.00 $118.21–$1,641.00 30%
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital Mount Vernon, NY · (914) 664-8000 HC INJ TENDON SHEATH LIGAMENT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file $840.45 $1,293.00 $39.78–$18,107.00 35%
St Johns Episcopal Hospital one side Far Rockaway, NY · (718) 869-7000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file $846.71 $996.13 $220.50–$1,619.11 15%
St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers, NY · (914) 964-4444 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 27, 2026 · source file $874.65 $1,029.00 $135.00–$3,783.00 15%
Westchester Medical Center Valhalla, NY · (914) 493-7000 INJECT TENDON/LIGAMENT/C File of Jul 28, 2026 · source file $1,007.00 $1,007.00 $250.00–$3,573.00 —
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton, NY INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jun 17, 2026 · source file $1,028.10 $1,028.10 $381.28–$6,564.00 —
Stony Brook University Hospital one side Stony Brook, NY · (631) 444-4000 INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $1,029.00 $1,029.00 $381.28–$6,608.00 —
Saint Peters University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · (732) 745-8600 CT GUIDED TENDON SHEATH INJECTION File of Nov 19, 2025 · source file $1,118.00 $1,432.00 $35.00–$1,432.00 22%
Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn, NY · (718) 250-8000 INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT File of Jul 27, 2026 · source file $1,173.53 $1,173.53 $305.02–$2,785.00 —
Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus one side Brooklyn, NY · (718) 250-8000 INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT+1 more line at this price File of Jul 27, 2026 · source file $1,173.53 $1,173.53 $305.02–$2,785.00 —
BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INJ SINGL TENDON SHEATH/LIG File of May 5, 2026 · source file $1,175.12 $1,175.12 $284.28–$2,500.00 —
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INJ SINGL TENDON SHEATH/LIG File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file $1,175.12 $1,175.12 $284.28–$2,500.00 —
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 INJECT(S);TENDON SHEATH,LIGMNT+3 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,203.00 $1,203.00 — —
Saint Peters University Hospital New Brunswick, NJ · (732) 745-8600 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Nov 19, 2025 · source file $1,258.00 $1,432.00 $158.00–$6,200.00 12%
Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn, NY · (718) 250-8000 NJX 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jul 27, 2026 · source file $1,343.58 $1,343.58 $305.02–$2,785.00 —
Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing, NY · (718) 670-5000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $1,370.00 $1,370.00 $35.00–$4,679.44 —
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY · (718) 262-6000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $1,370.00 $1,370.00 $35.00–$4,679.44 —
University Hospital of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (718) 270-1000 20550 - INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Apr 22, 2025 · source file $1,499.00 $1,499.00 $39.00–$1,880.00 —
Stony Brook University Hospital one side Stony Brook, NY · (631) 444-4000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $1,662.00 $1,662.00 $381.28–$6,608.00 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ HC Injection Tendon Sheath/Ligmnt File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $1,662.00 $1,662.00 $616.00–$9,784.00 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY HC Injection Tendon Sheath/Ligmnt File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $1,662.00 $1,662.00 $347.36–$6,539.00 —
Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · (631) 444-4000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $1,662.00 $1,662.00 $381.28–$6,608.00 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY HC Injection Tendon Sheath/Ligmnt File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $1,662.00 $1,662.00 $347.36–$9,784.00 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ HC Injection Tendon Sheath/Ligmnt File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $1,662.00 $1,662.00 $616.00–$6,489.00 —
Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ · (973) 383-2121 Inj(S) Sng Tendon Shth Aponeuro File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $1,856.99 $11,266.60 — 84%
CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ · (732) 294-7012 Inj(S) Sng Tendon Shth Aponeuro File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,135.54 $11,266.60 — 81%
Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ · (973) 831-5000 Inj(S) Sng Tendon Shth Aponeuro File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,135.54 $11,266.60 — 81%
Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Inj(S) Sng Tendon Shth Aponeuro File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,135.54 $11,266.60 — 81%
Hudson Regional Hospital Secaucus, NJ · (201) 392-3200 Injection into tendon or ligament File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file $2,401.70 $2,401.70 $1,169.00–$6,400.00 —
Hudson Regional Hospital Secaucus, NJ · (201) 392-3200 Injection into tendon or ligament File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file $2,521.79 $2,521.79 $1,169.00–$4,758.62 —
Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Inj(S) Sng Tendon Shth Aponeuro File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $2,605.71 $10,961.53 — 76%
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center Smithtown, NY · (631) 862-3000 HC INJ TRIG POINT TENDON SHEATH OR LIGAMENT - EACH+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $3,488.00 $2,640.00 $81.71–$5,148.00 -32%
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital one side Southampton, NY INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT File of Jun 17, 2026 · source file $3,718.25 $3,718.25 $381.28–$6,564.00 —
Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ · (732) 557-8000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT+1 more line at this price File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $3,786.00 — $54.25–$4,174.00 —
Chsli St Joseph Hospital Bethpage, NY · (516) 759-6000 HC INJ TRIG POINT TENDON SHEATH OR LIGAMENT - EACH+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $3,934.00 $2,640.00 $81.71–$5,148.00 -49%
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center West Islip, NY · (631) 376-3000 HC ER INJ TENDON LIGAMENT+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $3,965.00 $2,640.00 $81.71–$5,269.00 -50%
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, NJ · (973) 450-2000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $3,986.00 — $579.57–$3,266.00 —
Mercy Medical Center Rockville Centre, NY · (516) 705-2525 HC ER INJ TENDON LIGAMENT+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $4,122.00 $2,640.00 $81.71–$5,148.00 -56%
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood, NJ · (732) 363-1900 HC Inj Single Tendon/Ligament+1 more line at this price File of Mar 3, 2026 · source file $4,350.00 $903.00 $130.51–$4,540.00 -382%
Holy Name Teaneck, NJ · (201) 833-3000 INJ TEND SHEATH/LIGAM File of Nov 10, 2025 · source file $4,500.00 $581.00 $84.13–$9,950.00 -675%
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway, NJ · (732) 381-4200 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $4,627.00 — $564.57–$3,053.00 —
St. Francis Hospital Roslyn, NY HC INJ SINGLE TRIGGER POINT+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $4,881.00 $2,640.00 $81.71–$5,879.00 -85%
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ · (973) 926-7000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT+1 more line at this price File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $4,881.00 — $30.59–$4,049.00 —
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City, NJ · (201) 915-2000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $5,339.00 — $660.50–$3,236.00 —
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJ · (732) 222-5200 HC Inj Single Tendon/Ligament+1 more line at this price File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $5,419.00 $903.00 $104.66–$4,294.00 -500%
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ · (732) 828-3000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT+1 more line at this price File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $5,741.00 — $40.40–$4,370.00 —
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth, NJ · (908) 994-5000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $5,855.00 — $645.22–$3,236.00 —
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville, NJ · (908) 685-2200 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $6,311.00 — $564.57–$9,057.00 —
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ · (973) 322-5000 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $6,839.00 — $662.36–$3,280.00 —
Stony Brook University Hospital one side Stony Brook, NY · (631) 444-4000 INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $9,427.00 $9,427.00 $381.28–$12,338.00 —
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
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Outpatient: lowest $112.00, median $685.00, highest $6,839.00 — a 61.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 26 facilities here, median $606.80. 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 48 of 59 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 tendon sheath injection is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Tendon sheath injection explained.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20550 ($366.45). 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.

HospitalCash priceFile
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Brooklyn, NYHC INJ TENDON SHEATH $0.01 file
Interfaith Medical Center Brooklyn, NYHC INJ TENDON SHEATH $0.01 file
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Brooklyn, NYHC INJ TENDON SHEATH $0.01 file
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