Trigger point injection cost in Duluth, MN
In Duluth, MN-WI, 12 hospitals list a cash price for trigger point injections, 1 or 2 muscles: from $90.72 to $356.94, with a median of $318.78. The lowest listed price is at Community Memorial Hospital — $228.06 less than the median here. Across Minnesota, the median is $318.78 at 83 hospitals.
- The median here, $318.78, is 19% below the US median of $392.80.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Duluth, MN ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Minnesota by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 20552, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 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 Duluth, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital lowest Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 ORT-INJ TRIGGER POINTS,W/FC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $90.72 | $141.75 | $47.25–$198.50 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 PAIN-SC,TRIG PNT INJ 12- W/FC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $95.28 | $148.88 | $47.25–$198.50 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 INJ SINGLE\MULT. TRIGGER PNTS File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $112.00 | $175.00 | $47.25–$198.50 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 GS INJ SINGLE OR MULT TRIGGER File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $115.20 | $180.00 | $47.25–$198.50 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 UC INJ SINGLE/MULT TRIGGER PNT+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $120.96 | $189.00 | $47.25–$198.50 | 36% |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MN · (218) 879-4641 MDA TRIGGER POINT INJ 1-2 MUSC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $127.04 | $198.50 | $47.25–$198.50 | 36% |
| Ely-Bloomenson Community Hospital Ely, MN · (218) 365-3271 Injection of trigger points, 1-2 muscles File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $183.87 | $227.00 | $77.61–$227.00 | 19% |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Injection Single/Multiple Trigger Points - Mh File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $299.20 | $550.00 | — | 46% |
| Essentia Health Virginia Virginia, MN · (218) 741-3340 INJ TRIGGER POINT, 1 OR 2(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $303.32 | $483.00 | $111.09–$436.63 | 37% |
| Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN · (218) 786-2652 INJ TRIGGER POINT, 1 OR 2(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $318.78 | $483.00 | $159.87–$415.38 | 34% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Children's Hospital Duluth, MN INJ TRIGGER POINT, 1 OR 2(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $318.78 | $483.00 | $159.87–$415.38 | 34% |
| Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center Duluth, MN · (218) 786-3574 INJ TRIGGER POINT, 1 OR 2(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $318.78 | $483.00 | $159.87–$415.38 | 34% |
| Range Regional Health Services Hibbing, MN · (218) 362-6730 HC INJECTION SNGL/MULT TRIGGER POINT, 1 OR 2 MUSCLES File of Jan 29, 2026 · source file | $320.96 | $755.20 | $132.88–$770.00 | 58% |
| The Cook Hospital Cook, MN · (218) 666-5945 Trigger point 1-2 File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $338.58 | $513.00 | — | 34% |
| Essentia Health St Marys Hospital-Superior Superior, WI · (715) 817-7000 INJ TRIGGER POINT, 1 OR 2(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $356.94 | $483.00 | $154.56–$437.12 | 26% |
| Essentia Health Northern Pines Aurora, MN · (218) 229-4222 INJ TRIGGER POINT, 1 OR 2(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $356.94 | $483.00 | $185.42–$483.00 | 26% |
| Essentia Health Moose Lake Moose Lake, MN · (218) 786-1367 INJ TRIGGER POINT, 1 OR 2(T) File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $356.94 | $483.00 | $192.23–$437.12 | 26% |
| The Cook Hospital Cook, MN · (218) 666-5945 SINGLE/MULT TRIGGER PTS, 1OR2 File of Aug 10, 2026 · source file | $479.16 | $726.00 | $286.00 | 34% |
| Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital both sides Duluth, MN · (218) 249-2449 Injection Single/Multiple Trigger Points - Mh|BILATERAL PROCEDURE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $448.80 | $825.00 | — | 46% |
Outpatient: lowest $90.72, median $318.78, highest $356.94 — a 3.9× difference within the same market.
Both sides : lowest $448.80, median $448.80, highest $448.80.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $310.08. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 10 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 trigger point injection is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Trigger point injection explained.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20552 ($361.72). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MNORT-SC,INJ TRIGGER POINTS | $30.24 | file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet, MNPAIN-TRIGGER POINT INJ 1-2 MC | $31.76 | file |