Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Outpatient

Tendon sheath injection cost in Roanoke, VA

In Roanoke, VA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) (one side of the body): from $366.45 to $366.45, with a median of $366.45. The lowest listed price is at Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across Virginia, the median is $367.50 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities for code 20550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$366.45Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital + 2 more
Median$366.45half pay less
Highest$366.45in 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 Roanoke, VA.

median
Lowest $366.45Highest $502.60
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital one side lowest Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT RT $366.45 $1,047.00 $51.92–$1,364.20 65% —
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Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital one side lowest Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT RT $366.45 $1,047.00 $51.92–$1,364.20 65% —
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Carilion Giles Community Hospital one side lowest Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT RT $366.45 $1,047.00 $51.92–$1,582.32 65% —
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Carilion Giles Community Hospital one side Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT LT $406.70 $1,162.00 $51.92–$1,582.32 65% —
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Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital one side Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT LT $406.70 $1,162.00 $51.92–$1,364.20 65% —
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Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital one side Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT LT $406.70 $1,162.00 $51.92–$1,364.20 65% —
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Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital both sides Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT BILAT $502.60 $1,436.00 $51.92–$1,364.20 65% —
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Carilion Giles Community Hospital both sides Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT BILAT $502.60 $1,436.00 $51.92–$1,582.32 65% —
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Carilion Medical Center doing business as Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital both sides Roanoke, VA HB INJ TENDON/SHEATH/LIGAMENT BILAT $502.60 $1,436.00 $51.92–$1,364.20 65% —
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One side of the body : lowest $366.45, median $366.45, highest $366.45.

Both sides : lowest $502.60, median $502.60, highest $502.60.

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.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 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 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.