Trigger point injection cost in Santa Cruz, CA
In Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, 1 hospital lists a cash price for trigger point injections, 1 or 2 muscles: from $1,556.00 to $1,556.00, with a median of $1,556.00. Across California, the median is $624.00 at 171 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20552, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · (831) 477-2200 HCHG INJECTION TRIGGER POINT 1 TO 2 MUSCLES | $1,556.00 | $1,556.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,556.00, median $1,556.00, highest $1,556.00.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,556.00. 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
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.