Tendon sheath injection cost in Virginia Beach, VA
In Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, 8 hospitals list a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $63.60 to $590.82, with a median of $367.50. The lowest listed price is at Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $303.90 less than the median here. Across Virginia, the median is $367.50 at 29 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 6 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center lowest Suffolk, VA · (757) 673-5917 HC Inject Tendon Sheath Ligament | $63.60 | $106.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center lowest Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC Inject Tendon Sheath Ligament | $63.60 | $106.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center Portsmouth, VA · (757) 398-2200 HC Inj Tendon Sheath/Ligament | $186.00 | $310.00 | — | 40% | — source file |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 20550 Inject Tend Sheath Lig T | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Careplex Hospital Hampton, VA · (757) 827-2545 Oth-Inj Sgl Tendon Sheath/Lig | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 20550 Inject Tend Sheath Lig T | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Oth-Inj Sgl Tendon Sheath/Lig | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 20550 Inject Tend Sheath Lig T | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA · (757) 261-6700 Oth-Inj Sgl Tendon Sheath/Lig | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 20550 Inject Tend Sheath Lig T | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 395-8000 Oth-Inj Sgl Tendon Sheath/Lig | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Oth-Inj Sgl Tendon Sheath/Lig | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 Oth-Inj Sgl Tendon Sheath/Lig | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Hospital for Extended Recovery Norfolk, VA · (757) 388-3000 20550 Inject Tend Sheath Lig T | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | — source file |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 20550 Inject Tend Sheath Lig T | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA · (757) 507-1520 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis | $367.50 | $735.00 | — | 50% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Chesapeake General Hospital Chesapeake, VA · (757) 312-8121 Hc Inj Tendon Sheath/Ligamnt | $590.82 | $984.70 | — | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $63.60, median $367.50, highest $590.82 — a 9.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $367.50. 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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters Norfolk, VAINJ TENDN/LGMNT/CYST | $16.18 | file |