Surgery and procedures CPT 20550 Alaska Outpatient

Tendon sheath injection cost in Alaska

In Alaska, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $277.68 to $1,780.74, with a median of $370.79. The lowest price is at City of Seward (Seward). The highest price is 6.4× the lowest.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 20550. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026.

Lowest$277.68City of Seward
Median$370.79half pay less
Highest$1,780.74in Alaska
Lowest saves$93.11vs the median

Hospitals in Alaska, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
City of Seward lowest Seward · Seward, AK HC PR ED 20550 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT CDM $277.68 $356.00 Apr 1, 2026
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City of Valdez Valdez · Valdez, AK HC PR 20550 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT $307.32 $394.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center Kodiak · Kodiak, AK HC PR ED 20550 INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT CDM $363.48 $466.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Fairbanks · Fairbanks-College, AK Injection into tendon or ligament $378.10 $398.00 Jun 16, 2026
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Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Anchorage · Anchorage, AK Injection into tendon or ligament $416.00 $416.00 Aug 20, 2026
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Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage · Anchorage, AK HC ED INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT CDM $1,780.74 $2,283.00 Apr 1, 2026
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By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Anchorage, AK 2 $416.00 $1,098.37
Fairbanks-College, AK 1 $378.10 $378.10
Kodiak, AK 1 $363.48 $363.48
Seward, AK 1 $277.68 $277.68
Valdez, AK 1 $307.32 $307.32

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.

Injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.