Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Tendon sheath injection cost in Sidney, MT — inpatient

In Sidney, MT, 1 hospital lists a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) as an inpatient: from $108.98 to $108.98, with a median of $108.98. Across Montana, the median is $206.00 at 9 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 Apr 30, 2026 and Apr 30, 2026.

Lowest$108.98Sidney Health Center
Median$108.98half pay less
Highest$108.98in 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 Sidney, MT.

median
Lowest $108.98Highest $138.71

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Sidney Health Center lowest Sidney, MT · (406) 488-2100 INJ(S) SNGL TENDON SHEATH LIG APONEUROSIS $108.98 $176.00 $160.16–$176.00 38% Apr 30, 2026
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Sidney Health Center lowest Sidney, MT · (406) 488-2100 PF 20550 INJ SGL TEND SHEATH $108.98 $176.00 $36.02–$167.20 38% Apr 30, 2026
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Sidney Health Center lowest Sidney, MT · (406) 488-2100 PFR 20550 INJ SGL TEND SHEATH $108.98 $176.00 $36.02–$167.20 38% Apr 30, 2026
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Sidney Health Center Sidney, MT · (406) 488-2100 MD 20550 INJ(S)SNGL TEND SHTH LIGMNT $138.71 $224.00 $36.02–$212.80 38% Apr 30, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $108.98, median $108.98, highest $108.98.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $108.98 — 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 and 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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20550 ($367.50). 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.

Sidney Health Center Sidney, MTSURG 20550 INJ SINGLE TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS $27.87 file