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.
Original text from hospital filings
HC INJ SGL TENDON/LIGAMENT
San Diego, CA
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Sharp Memorial Hospital’s median price of $582 is 56% above the median hospital's median price ($372), higher than 72% of the 2,401 hospitals reporting CPT 20550. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 6 payers, 8 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Optum optum health - commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1 | $1 | — | — | — | $1 – $1 |
| 2 | Molina molina medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $324 | $324 | — | — | — | $324 – $324 |
| 3 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $539 | $539 | — | — | — | $539 – $539 |
| 4 | Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $582 | $582 | — | — | — | $582 – $582 |
| 5 | Aetna first health - leased/ccn percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $639 | $639 | — | — | — | $639 – $639 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $649 | $649 | — | — | — | $649 – $649 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $668 | $668 | — | — | — | $668 – $668 |
| 8 | Medicaid medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $668 | $668 | — | — | — | $668 – $668 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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