Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Shreveport, LA — inpatient

In Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $104.26 to $112.28, with a median of $108.27. The lowest listed price is at Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport — $4.01 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $143.66 at 32 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 20550, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$104.26Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
Median$108.27half pay less
Highest$112.28in this market
Difference1.1×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 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA.

median
Lowest $104.26Highest $112.28

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport lowest Shreveport, LA · (318) 675-5058 HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT $104.26 $401.00 — 74% —
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Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport, LA · (318) 626-4300 HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT $112.28 $401.00 — 72% —
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Inpatient: lowest $104.26, median $108.27, highest $112.28 — a 1.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $108.27 — 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.