Trigger point injection cost in Milwaukee, WI
In Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI, 15 hospitals list a cash price for trigger point injections, 1 or 2 muscles: from $74.11 to $895.00, with a median of $895.00. The lowest listed price is at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin — $820.89 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $241.15 at 78 hospitals.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 9 cities for code 20552, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Mar 23, 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin lowest Milwaukee, WI · (414) 266-3954 HBC TRIGGER POINT INJECTION 1-2 MUSCLES | $74.11 | $134.75 | $94.33–$128.01 | 45% | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin lowest Milwaukee, WI · (414) 266-3954 HBC TRIGGER POINT INJECTION 1-2 MUSCLES | $74.11 | $134.75 | $94.33–$128.01 | 45% | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI · (414) 585-1374 HC INJ TRIGGER POINT 1/2 MUSCL | $253.34 | $478.00 | $59.18–$219.88 | 47% | — source file |
| Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI · (414) 585-1374 HC INJ TRIGGER POINT 1/2 MUSCL | $253.34 | $478.00 | $59.18–$219.88 | 47% | — source file |
| Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee Mequon, WI HC INJ TRIGGER POINT 1/2 MUSCL | $253.34 | $478.00 | $59.18–$219.88 | 47% | — source file |
| Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee Mequon, WI HC INJ TRIGGER POINT 1/2 MUSCL | $253.34 | $478.00 | $59.18–$219.88 | 47% | — source file |
| Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Milwaukee, WI · (414) 447-2130 HC INJ TRIGGER POINT 1/2 MUSCL | $260.23 | $491.00 | $200.71 | 47% | — source file |
| Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital Franklin, WI HC INJ TRIGGER POINT 1/2 MUSCL | $260.23 | $491.00 | $200.71 | 47% | — source file |
| Ascension St. Francis Hospital Milwaukee, WI · (414) 647-5000 HC INJ TRIGGER POINT 1/2 MUSCL | $260.23 | $491.00 | $200.71 | 47% | — source file |
| Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare - Southeast Wisconsin Franklin, WI HC INJ TRIGGER POINT 1/2 MUSCL | $260.23 | $491.00 | $200.71 | 47% | — source file |
| Aurora West Allis Medical Center West Allis, WI · (414) 328-6000 INJECT TRIGGER POINTS 1-2 MUSCLES | $895.00 | $1,790.00 | $769.70–$3,500.00 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Grafton Grafton, WI · (262) 329-1000 INJECT TRIGGER POINTS 1-2 MUSCLES | $895.00 | $1,790.00 | $769.70–$3,500.00 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Washington County Hartford, WI · (262) 673-2300 INJECT TRIGGER POINTS 1-2 MUSCLES | $895.00 | $1,790.00 | $769.70–$3,500.00 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Kenosha Kenosha, WI · (262) 948-5600 INJECT TRIGGER POINTS 1-2 MUSCLES | $895.00 | $1,790.00 | $769.70–$3,500.00 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Sinai Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI INJECT TRIGGER POINTS 1-2 MUSCLES | $895.00 | $1,790.00 | $769.70–$3,500.00 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora St Lukes Medical Center of Aurora Health Care Metro Milwaukee, WI · (414) 649-6000 INJECT TRIGGER POINTS 1-2 MUSCLES | $895.00 | $1,790.00 | $769.70–$3,500.00 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora St Lukes South Shore of Aurora Health Care Metro Cudahy, WI INJECT TRIGGER POINTS 1-2 MUSCLES | $895.00 | $1,790.00 | $769.70–$3,500.00 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Aurora Medical Center Summit Summit, WI · (262) 434-1600 INJECT TRIGGER POINTS 1-2 MUSCLES | $895.00 | $1,790.00 | $769.70–$3,500.00 | 50% | Nov 21, 2025 source file |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI · (414) 266-3954 HBC 20552 TRIGGER POINT INJECTION 1-2 MUSCLES | $1,387.51 | $2,522.75 | $1,765.93–$2,396.61 | 45% | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI · (414) 266-3954 HBC 20552 TRIGGER POINT INJECTION 1-2 MUSCLES | $1,387.51 | $2,522.75 | $1,765.93–$2,396.61 | 45% | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $74.11, median $895.00, highest $895.00 — a 12.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $895.00. 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 9 of 15 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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
Trigger point injections put a numbing medicine, sometimes with a steroid, into tight knots in one or two muscles.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the injection. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 20552 ($393.89). 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.
| Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Institute Mequon, WIHC 20552 INJECT TRIGGER POI | $35.51 | file |
| Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Ozaukee Mequon, WIHC 20552 INJECT TRIGGER POI | $35.51 | file |