Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Outpatient

Tendon sheath injection cost in Olla, LA

In Olla, LA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $254.40 to $254.40, with a median of $254.40. Across Louisiana, the median is $130.72 at 13 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility 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 Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$254.40Hardtner Medical Center
Median$254.40half pay less
Highest$254.40in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA · (318) 495-3131 20550 INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS ProFee $254.40 $318.00 — 20% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $254.40, median $254.40, highest $254.40.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $254.40. 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.

Hardtner Medical Center Olla, LA20550 Injection(s); single tendon sheath, or ligament, aponeurosis (eg, plantar "fascia") $0.01 file