Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Bar Harbor, ME — inpatient

In Bar Harbor, ME, 1 hospital lists a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $204.30 to $204.30, with a median of $204.30. Across Maine, the median is $166.11 at 23 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20550, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$204.30Mount Desert Island Hospital
Median$204.30half pay less
Highest$204.30in 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 Bar Harbor, ME.

median
Lowest $204.30Highest $999.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mount Desert Island Hospital lowest Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 20550 Injection(s); single tendon sheath, or ligament, aponeurosis (eg, plantar fascia) $204.30 $227.00 $102.15–$227.00 10% —
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Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 20550: Injection(s); tendon sheath - Admin Injection Charge $352.80 $392.00 $176.40–$392.00 10% —
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Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 20550: Injection(s); tendon sheath - AMB Only Inj Med Admin Charge $443.70 $493.00 $221.85–$493.00 10% —
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Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor, ME · (207) 288-5081 20550 INJECTION(S); SINGLE TENDON SHEATH, OR LIGAMENT, APONEUROSIS (EG, PLANTAR FASCIA) ProFee $999.90 $1,111.00 $499.95–$1,111.00 10% —
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Inpatient: lowest $204.30, median $204.30, highest $204.30.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $204.30 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.