Tendon sheath injection cost in Portland, ME
In Portland-South Portland, ME, 5 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $72.60 to $791.95, with a median of $122.35. The lowest listed price is at York Hospital — $49.75 less than the median here. Across Maine, the median is $104.50 at 19 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 20550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 9, 2025 and Sep 9, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Portland-South Portland, ME.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Hospital lowest York, ME · (207) 351-2478 MD INJ FOR PAIN - TENDON OR LIGAMENT | $72.60 | $121.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| MaineHealth Portland, ME · (207) 662-0111 PR INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS | $81.60 | $81.60 | $36.86–$111.78 | — | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| MaineHealth Biddeford, ME PR INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS | $122.35 | $122.35 | $36.86–$111.78 | — | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| York Hospital York, ME · (207) 351-2478 INJ SING TENDON SHEATH/LIG | $221.40 | $369.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| York Hospital York, ME · (207) 351-2478 INJECTION SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, LIG, APO | $221.40 | $369.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Portland, ME HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $237.38 | $913.00 | $487.54–$695.71 | 74% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Portland, ME RH INJ TENDON SHTH/LIGAMNT SGL | $269.62 | $1,037.00 | $553.76–$790.19 | 74% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Portland, ME INJ SGL TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $284.96 | $1,096.00 | $585.26–$835.15 | 74% | — source file |
| York Hospital York, ME · (207) 351-2478 INJ FOR PAIN - TENDON OR LIGAMENT | $449.40 | $749.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| York Hospital York, ME · (207) 351-2478 INJECTION FOR PAIN - TENDON OR LIGAMENT | $449.40 | $749.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| MaineHealth Biddeford, ME HC INJ SINGLE TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $520.65 | $520.65 | $285.70–$1,297.68 | — | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| MaineHealth Portland, ME · (207) 662-0111 HC INJ SINGLE TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $525.05 | $525.05 | $285.70–$1,297.68 | — | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
| MaineHealth Brunswick, ME · (207) 729-0181 HC INJ SINGLE TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $791.95 | $791.95 | $288.28–$1,031.06 | — | Sep 9, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $72.60, median $122.35, highest $791.95 — a 10.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $122.35. 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 3 of 4 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.
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.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are 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.
| Mercy Hospital Portland, MEPF INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $32.24 | file |
| York Hospital York, MEINJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $39.60 | file |