Tendon sheath injection cost in Louisiana
In Louisiana, 37 hospitals publish a cash price for injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger): from $50.40 to $22,351.37, with a median of $238.43. The lowest price is at Lasalle General Hospital (Jena). The highest price is 443.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $238.43, is 39% below the US median of $392.00.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($313.60).
- Louisiana ranks 8th of 47 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 37 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$50.40Lasalle General Hospital
Median$238.43half of hospitals charge less
Highest$22,351.37in Louisiana
Lowest saves$188.03vs the median
Hospitals in Louisiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lasalle General Hospital lowest Jena · Jena, LA INJ SINGLE TENDON SHEATH | $50.40 | $84.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics one side Lafayette · Lafayette, LA PR INJECT TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $51.00 | $102.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner American Legion Hospital Jennings · Lake Charles, LA PR INJECT TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $59.22 | $141.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Medical Center Winnsboro · Winnsboro, LA INJ SINGLE TENDON SHEATH/LIG | $72.00 | $120.00 | May 21, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Clinic Foundation New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $72.16 | $328.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bayou Bend Health System Franklin · Morgan City, LA Injection into tendon or ligament | $80.50 | $115.00 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center - Baton Rouge Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $99.84 | $312.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $104.26 | $401.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Touro Infirmary New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $105.28 | $752.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center Shreveport · Shreveport-Bossier City, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $112.28 | $401.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| East Jefferson General Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $114.94 | $821.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeside Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $114.94 | $821.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lakeview Hospital Covington · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $114.94 | $821.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Tulane Medical Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $114.94 | $821.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| West Jefferson Medical Center Marrero · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $116.48 | $728.00 | Jun 30, 2026 source file |
| New Orleans East Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $130.72 | $817.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $156.60 | $580.00 | Jun 24, 2026 source file |
| University Med Center New Orleans · New Orleans-Metairie, LA Injections of Tendon Sheath Ligament or Muscle Membrane | $217.58 | $989.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Lake Charles Memorial Hospital Lake Charles · Lake Charles, LA Injection of medication into a tendon or ligament | $238.43 | $397.38 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Leonard J Chabert Medical Center Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $238.76 | $508.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lafayette General Medical Center Lafayette · Lafayette, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $248.22 | $1,182.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner St Anne General Hospital Raceland · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $269.72 | $613.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe · Monroe, LA NJX 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $279.24 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Natchitoches Regional Medical Center Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA INJ SGL TENDON SHTH OR LIGAME | $293.60 | $734.00 | Mar 18, 2026 source file |
| Richland Parish Hospital-Delhi Delhi · Monroe, LA Injection into tendon or ligament | $302.25 | $465.00 | Oct 27, 2026 source file |
| St Bernard Parish Hospital Chalmette · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $334.40 | $1,045.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Frances Cabrini Hospital Alexandria · Alexandria, LA HC 20550 INJ(S) SGL TENDON SHTH/LIGMNT | $368.94 | $1,419.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center one side Independence · Hammond, LA INJECTION INTO TENDON OR LIGAMENT | $408.37 | $680.61 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Physicians Medical Center F Houma · Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA Injection(s); single tendon sheath, or ligament, aponeurosis (eg, plantar ""fascia | $430.48 | $621.00 | Sep 24, 2026 source file |
| West Feliciana Parish Hospital St Francisville · Baton Rouge, LA FAC INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $435.00 | $725.00 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Sterling Surgical Hospital Slidell · Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 20550 - NJX 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $451.35 | $9,155.45 | Aug 11, 2026 source file |
| Richard Medical Center Bayville · Monroe, LA INJECTION LIGAMENT TENDON TRIGGER POINTS | $477.75 | $637.00 | May 18, 2026 source file |
| North Oaks Medical Center Drive. Hammond · Hammond, LA Tendon Injection | $582.62 | $1,524.00 | Oct 20, 2026 source file |
| Louisiana Extended Care of Natchitoches Natchitoches · Natchitoches, LA INJ SGL TENDON SHTH OR LIGAMEN | $591.00 | $591.00 | Oct 25, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Kenner Kenner · New Orleans-Metairie, LA HC INJ TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT | $649.88 | $2,321.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Surgical Specialty Center one side Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge, LA INJ RECTUS FEMORIS TNDN SHTH LT | $722.25 | $963.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Omega Hospital Metairie · New Orleans-Metairie, LA INJECTION 1 TENDON SHEATH/LIGAMENT APONEUROSIS | $22,351.37 | $38,316.63 | May 26, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 12 | $72.16 | $123.60 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | 3 | $99.84 | $435.00 |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 3 | $238.76 | $269.72 |
| Monroe, LA | 3 | $279.24 | $302.25 |
| Hammond, LA | 2 | $408.37 | $495.50 |
| Lafayette, LA | 2 | $51.00 | $149.61 |
| Lake Charles, LA | 2 | $59.22 | $148.82 |
| Natchitoches, LA | 2 | $293.60 | $442.30 |
| Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 2 | $104.26 | $108.27 |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 2 | $114.94 | $283.14 |
| Alexandria, LA | 1 | $368.94 | $368.94 |
| Jena, LA | 1 | $50.40 | $50.40 |
| Morgan City, LA | 1 | $80.50 | $80.50 |
| Winnsboro, LA | 1 | $72.00 | $72.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What tendon sheath injection is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Tendon sheath injection explained.
Injection into a tendon sheath or ligament (for example trigger finger) in other states
- Alabama$375.44
- Alaska$344.24
- Arizona$376.67
- Arkansas$415.32
- California$660.40
- Colorado$378.67
- Connecticut$812.03
- Delaware$872.76, 4 hospitals
- District of Columbia$716.89, 3 hospitals
- Florida$557.80
- Georgia$1,179.09
- Hawaii$651.00
- Idaho$246.60
- Illinois$430.00
- Indiana$534.60
- Iowa$316.80
- Kansas$185.81
- Kentucky$309.49
- Maine$204.30
- Maryland$249.70, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$459.00
- Michigan$394.65
- Minnesota$369.38
- Mississippi$183.04
- Missouri$323.88
- Montana$145.30
- Nebraska$203.00
- Nevada$333.00
- New Hampshire$289.77
- New Jersey$857.43
- New Mexico$456.30
- New York$493.76
- North Carolina$371.40
- North Dakota$311.87
- Ohio$339.20
- Oklahoma$239.77
- Oregon$239.20
- Pennsylvania$569.80
- Rhode Island$718.20
- South Carolina$490.24
- South Dakota$493.50
- Tennessee$235.35
- Texas$441.30
- Utah$409.31, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$285.70
- Virginia$367.50
- Washington$302.40
- West Virginia$332.00
- Wisconsin$341.22
- Wyoming$198.10
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.