Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Outpatient

Tendon sheath injection cost in Salem, OH

In Salem, OH, 1 hospital lists a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $174.25 to $174.25, with a median of $174.25. Across Ohio, the median is $339.20 at 97 hospitals.

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

Lowest$174.25Salem Regional Medical Center
Median$174.25half pay less
Highest$174.25in 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 Salem, OH.

median
Lowest $174.25Highest $578.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Salem Regional Medical Center lowest Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 INJECT TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT $174.25 $174.25 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 INJECT TENDON,LIGAMENT,SINGLE $522.25 $522.25 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 TENDON SHEATH INJECTION $578.00 $578.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Salem Regional Medical Center both sides Salem, OH · (330) 332-7214 INJECT TENDON SHEATH/LIG BILAT $260.75 $260.75 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $174.25, median $174.25, highest $174.25.

Both sides : lowest $260.75, median $260.75, highest $260.75.

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.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $174.25. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.