Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Outpatient

Tendon sheath injection cost in Springfield, MA

In Springfield, MA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $247.00 to $256.10, with a median of $251.55. The lowest listed price is at Holyoke Medical Center — $4.55 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $422.00 at 19 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 20550, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Mar 31, 2026.

Lowest$247.00Holyoke Medical Center
Median$251.55half pay less
Highest$256.10in 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 Springfield, MA.

median
Lowest $247.00Highest $574.00
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Holyoke Medical Center lowest Holyoke, MA · (413) 534-2500 Inj tendon sheath/ligament $247.00 $247.00 $97.47–$1,803.00 — —
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The Mercy Hospital one side Springfield, MA · (413) 748-9000 HC Injection(S) Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis Single Rt $256.10 $394.00 $197.00–$882.88 35% Mar 31, 2026
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The Mercy Hospital one side Springfield, MA · (413) 748-9000 HC Injection(S) Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis Single Lt $256.10 $394.00 $197.00–$882.88 35% Mar 31, 2026
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The Mercy Hospital Springfield, MA · (413) 748-9000 HC Injection(S) Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis Single Bl $384.80 $592.00 $283.01–$882.88 35% Mar 31, 2026
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Holyoke Medical Center both sides Holyoke, MA · (413) 534-2500 Inj tendon sheath/ligament BI $574.00 $574.00 $226.50–$480.55 — —
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Outpatient: lowest $247.00, median $251.55, highest $256.10.

Both sides : lowest $574.00, median $574.00, highest $574.00.

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 2 facilities here, median $251.55. 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 2 of 2 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.