Tendon sheath or ligament injection

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Inj/S Single Tendon Sheath,Lig

Payers reporting CPT 20550

Payer pricing summary

Low

$111

Average

$714

Median

$441

High

$4.6k

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1	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +43 other terms	669	$305	$686	$1.6k	233%	189–306	$1 – $18.6k
2	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	444	$297	$303	$629	208%	62–116	$1 – $12.8k
3	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	112	$381	$394	$561	143%	48–66	$1 – $4.3k
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms	461	$320	$618	$1.4k	223%	17–170	$0 – $15.6k
5	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +42 other terms	601	$336	$837	$1.7k	204%	11–110	$1 – $21.3k
6	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	47	$184	$182	$174	96%	3–30	$14 – $731
7	Bcbs Mt fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	1	$677	$677	—	—	3–30	$677 – $677
8	Cigna case rate · outpatient · +37 other terms	354	$3.2k	$4.7k	$5.7k	123%	1–10	$1 – $40.7k
9	Bcbs Id fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms	5	$914	$973	$408	42%	1–10	$345 – $1.5k
10	Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +6 other terms	3	$332	$355	$43	12%	1–10	$318 – $415
11	Bcbs Mo professional · other · both · +2 other terms	1	$190	$190	—	—	1–10	$190 – $190
12	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +35 other terms	253	$245	$179	$210	118%	—	$1 – $2.5k
13	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	208	$318	$332	$436	131%	—	$14 – $4.3k
14	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +38 other terms	156	$268	$354	$720	204%	—	$7 – $6.3k
15	Oscar case rate · outpatient · +25 other terms	136	$2.6k	$2.7k	$673	25%	—	$462 – $7.5k
16	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	114	$440	$441	$204	46%	—	$25 – $1.3k
17	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	101	$530	$471	$308	65%	—	$27 – $2.3k
18	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	90	$33	$90	$139	154%	—	$26 – $1.1k
19	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	78	$291	$356	$538	151%	—	$28 – $4.9k
20	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	73	$293	$312	$433	139%	—	$1 – $4.3k
21	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	72	$381	$433	$338	78%	—	$34 – $1.4k
22	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	71	$303	$477	$989	207%	—	$32 – $5.1k
23	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +29 other terms	70	$271	$203	$193	95%	—	$1 – $1.1k
24	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	55	$321	$775	$1.7k	222%	—	$24 – $7.2k
25	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	51	$50	$275	$902	328%	—	$32 – $9.5k

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