Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Chester, MT — inpatient

In Chester, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $85.80 to $85.80, with a median of $85.80. Across Montana, the median is $168.00 at 18 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20550, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$85.80Logan Health - Chester

Median$85.80half pay less

Highest$85.80in 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 Chester, MT.

median

Lowest $85.80Highest $415.19

one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list	File date
Logan Health - Chester lowest Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 US Inject Tendon/Ligament Aponeurosis	$85.80	$132.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Logan Health - Chester Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 20550P Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis	$91.16	$140.25	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Logan Health - Chester Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 20550 Injection 1 Tendon Sheath/Ligament Aponeurosis	$91.16	$140.25	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Logan Health - Chester Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 20550 ED Inj Tendon Sheath	$415.19	$638.75	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file
Logan Health - Chester both sides Chester, MT · (406) 759-5181 US Inj Tendon/Ligament Aponeurosis Bilat	$85.80	$132.00	—	35%	Apr 1, 2026 source file

Inpatient: lowest $85.80, median $85.80, highest $85.80.

Both sides : lowest $85.80, median $85.80, highest $85.80.

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 outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $85.80 — 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.