How much does tendon sheath / ligament injection cost in Ohio?
CPT 20550 — the fair price, every hospital's price, and the Medicare benchmark for Ohio.
Estimates only. Educational estimates from public Medicare
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20550 Tendon sheath / ligament injection
Market typical price
$414
98 facilities · typical range $278 – $890 · 1.4× Medicare OPPS
Typical
$414
Medicare $295
$122 lowboxed = typical rangehigh $10,684
What Medicare paysⓘ
$295
Market typical
$414
Cash / self-pay price
$476
Prices near you — 98 facilities, lowest first
| Facility | Type | Price | vs Medicare | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Rutan Hospital (Bellefontaine) lowest | Hospital | $122cash | 0.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Licking Memorial Hospital (Newark) | Hospital | $141cash | 0.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| Bethesda North (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $196cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $196cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.1% |
| Mccullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (Oxford) | Hospital | $196cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy St Vincent Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $203cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Ohio State University State Health System (Columbus) | Hospital | $216negotiated | 0.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center (Ashland) | Hospital | $217cash | 0.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Cleveland Medical Center (Cleveland) | Hospital | $227cash | 0.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Trinity Medical Ctr East &Trinity Medical Ctr West (Steubenville) | Hospital | $230cash | 0.8× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.7% |
| Lake Health (Concord) | Hospital | $255cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $255cash | 0.9× | hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Parma Community General Hospital (Parma) | Hospital | $255cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh Regional Hospitals (Chardon) | Hospital | $255cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Uh St John Medical Center (Westlake) | Hospital | $255cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.2% |
| University Hospitals - Elyria Medical Center (Elyria) | Hospital | $255cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood) | Hospital | $255cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.8% |
| University Hospitals Portage Medical Center (Ravenna) | Hospital | $255cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Glenbeigh Health Sources (Rock Creek) | Hospital | $257negotiated | 0.9× | — |
| Mercy Health - Defiance Hospital (Defiance) | Hospital | $263cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Mount Carmel Dublin (Dublin) | Hospital | $266cash | 0.9× | — |
| Mount Carmel East & West (Columbus) | Hospital | $266cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital (New Albany) | Hospital | $266cash | 0.9× | hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Fairfield Medical Center (Lancaster) | Hospital | $274cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Aultman Hospital (Canton) | Hospital | $279cash | 0.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Marietta Memorial Hospital (Marietta) | Hospital | $287cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Coshocton Regional Medical Center (Coshocton) | Hospital | $288cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Ashtabula County Medical Center (Ashtabula) | Hospital | $292cash | 1.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Mercer County Joint Township Community Hospital (Coldwater) | Hospital | $313cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Hmhp St Elizabeth Boardman Health Center (Boardman) | Hospital | $317cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.8% |
| Mh St Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (Youngstown) | Hospital | $317cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center (Cambridge) | Hospital | $323cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Lima Memorial Health System (Lima) | Hospital | $328cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Ohio (Portsmouth) | Hospital | $331cash | 1.1× | — |
| Fort Hamilton Hughes Memorial Hospital (Hamilton) | Hospital | $339cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Kettering Health Dayton (Dayton) | Hospital | $339cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.4% |
| Kettering Health Greene Memorial (Xenia) | Hospital | $339cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Main Campus (Kettering) | Hospital | $339cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Miamisburg (Miamisburg) | Hospital | $339cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Kettering Health Troy (Troy) | Hospital | $339cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Soin Medical Center (Beaver Creek) | Hospital | $339cash | 1.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Wood County Hospital (Bowling Green) | Hospital | $343cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Trihealth Clinton Regional Hospital (Wilmington) | Hospital | $346negotiated | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Madison Health (London) | Hospital | $356cash | 1.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Mount Carmel St Ann'S (Westerville) | Hospital | $400cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Memorial Hospital (Marysville) | Hospital | $414cash | 1.4× | ★★★★★ |
| Pomerene Hospital (Millersburg) | Hospital | $446cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ |
| Surgical Hospital At Southwoods (Youngstown) | Hospital | $455cash | 1.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.7% |
| Knox Community Hospital (Mount Vernon) | Hospital | $464cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Regional Medical Center (Lorain) | Hospital | $467cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Memorial Hospital (Fremont) | Hospital | $486cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ |
| Alliance Community Hospital (Alliance) | Hospital | $487cash | 1.6× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Salem Regional Medical Center (Salem) | Hospital | $522cash | 1.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Institute For Orthopaedic Surgery (Lima) | Hospital | $525negotiated | 1.8× | hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| Metrohealth System (Cleveland) | Hospital | $596cash | 2.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.7% |
| University Of Toledo Medical Center (Toledo) | Hospital | $613cash | 2.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.0% |
| Avita Ontario (Ontario) | Hospital | $643cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Grand Lake Health System (Saint Marys) | Hospital | $662cash | 2.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Fisher-Titus Hospital (Norwalk) | Hospital | $664cash | 2.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Summa Health System (Akron) | Hospital | $790cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Summa Western Reserve Hospital (Cuyahoga Falls) | Hospital | $790cash | 2.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Bay Park Community Hospital (Oregon) | Hospital | $859cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ |
| Promedica Toledo Hospital (Toledo) | Hospital | $859cash | 2.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.4% |
| Akron General Medical Center (Akron) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital (Avon) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.5% |
| Euclid Hospital (Euclid) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Fairview Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Hillcrest Hospital (Mayfield Heights) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Lutheran Hospital (Cleveland) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Marymount Hospital (Garfield Heights) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.4% |
| Medina Hospital (Medina) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| South Pointe Hospital (Warrensville Heights) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Union Hospital (Dover) | Hospital | $883cash | 3.0× | ★★★★★ |
| Doctors Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $910cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ |
| Dublin Methodist Hospital (Dublin) | Hospital | $910cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Grant Medical Center (Columbus) | Hospital | $910cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Riverside Methodist Hospital (Columbus) | Hospital | $910cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.8% |
| Marion General Hospital (Marion) | Hospital | $913cash | 3.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center (Akron) | Hospital | $938cash | 3.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Van Wert County Hospital (Van Wert) | Hospital | $975cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Mercy Health - Clermont Hospital (Batavia) | Hospital | $986cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Health - Fairfield Hospital (Fairfield) | Hospital | $986cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.3% |
| Mercy Health - West Hospital (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $986cash | 3.3× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.5% |
| Ohiohealth Mansfield Hospital (Mansfield) | Hospital | $1,082cash | 3.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| Adena Regional Medical Center (Chillicothe) | Hospital | $1,085cash | 3.7× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.5% |
| Grady Memorial Hospital (Delaware) | Hospital | $1,156cash | 3.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.9% |
| University Of Cincinnati Medical Center, Llc (Cincinnati) | Hospital | $1,336cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| West Chester Hospital (West Chester) | Hospital | $1,336cash | 4.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 5.1% |
| Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital (Athens) | Hospital | $1,427cash | 4.8× | ★★★★★ |
| Berger Hospital (Circleville) | Hospital | $1,686cash | 5.7× | ★★★★★ |
| Mercy Medical Center (Canton) gross charge | Hospital | $2,110cash | 7.1× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.0% |
| Genesis Hospital (Zanesville) gross charge | Hospital | $2,791cash | 9.5× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.9% |
| Mh St Joseph Warren Hospital (Warren) gross charge | Hospital | $4,989cash | 16.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 4.2% |
| Mercy Health-Anderson Hospital (Cincinnati) gross charge | Hospital | $7,342cash | 24.9× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.6% |
| Atrium Medical Center (Franklin) gross charge | Hospital | $10,684cash | 36.2× | ★★★★★ |
| Miami Valley Hospital (Dayton) gross charge | Hospital | $10,684cash | 36.2× | ★★★★★ hip/knee complications 3.0% |
| Upper Valley Medical Center (Troy) gross charge | Hospital | $10,684cash | 36.2× | ★★★★★ |
Prices from each hospital's public machine-readable file; imaging & surgery-center prices are published self-pay rates (often the cheapest option). vs Medicare is how many times the Medicare rate each facility charges. 7 unusually low/high prices excluded from the typical price as likely data errors.
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What should 20550 cost in Ohio?
For tendon sheath / ligament injection (CPT 20550) in Ohio, a fair self-pay price is around $414, with hospitals ranging from $278 to $890 across 98 facilities. Medicare's benchmark rate is $295, the benchmark every published rate is measured against. The card above lists each hospital's price, cheapest first, with CMS quality stars.
Frequently asked questions
How much does tendon sheath / ligament injection cost in Ohio?
A fair self-pay price for tendon sheath / ligament injection (CPT 20550) in Ohio is around $414, with hospital prices ranging from $278 to $890 across 98 facilities. These are estimates from hospital-published prices, not a guarantee.
What is the Medicare rate for CPT 20550?
Medicare pays about $295 for tendon sheath / ligament injection (CPT 20550). That's the negotiation floor — a fair cash-pay target is roughly 1.5–2× it, well below typical gross charges.
Can I negotiate the price of tendon sheath / ligament injection?
Yes. Under the federal Hospital Price Transparency rule hospitals must publish these rates, so you can ask to pay the cash or negotiated rate instead of the gross charge. Paste your bill on the home page for a ready-to-send appeal letter and the exact numbers to cite.
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Prices last refreshed September 2026 from each hospital's official CMS machine-readable file. Medicare rate: CY2025 OPPS/PFS/CLFS. Estimates only — not a guarantee.