# CPT 20550

> Medicare paid $54.36 for CPT 20550 in the office (non-facility) setting and $40.68 in a facility under the Q1 2018 Physician Fee Schedule, effective January 2018. These are the national allowed amounts before the ~2% sequestration cut and before locality (GPCI) adjustment. This is a 1.0% increase from the previous quarter.

## What it is

Injection of a medication, such as a corticosteroid, into a single tendon sheath, ligament, or the plantar fascia. It is commonly used for conditions like tennis elbow, trigger finger, or plantar fasciitis.

## Selected release

- Release: Q1 2018 (2018 A)
- Effective: January 1 – March 31, 2018
- Status indicator: A
- Office (non-facility) national allowed amount: $54.36
- Facility national allowed amount: $40.68
- Sequestration: not applied

## RVUs and formula

- Work RVU: 0.75
- Office (non-facility) practice expense RVU: 0.67
- Facility practice expense RVU: 0.29
- Malpractice RVU: 0.09
- Conversion factor: 35.9996
- Formula: `(work_rvu × work_gpci + pe_rvu × pe_gpci + mp_rvu × mp_gpci) × conversion_factor`

## Source and citation

- Source: Physician relative value file (Q1 2018)
- CMS file: https://www.cms.gov/medicare/medicare-fee-for-service-payment/physicianfeesched/downloads/rvu18ar1.zip
- Parsed file: PPRRVU18_JAN.csv, row 5,710
- Canonical page: https://localishealth.com/cpt/20550/2018/A
- Release-specific citation URL: https://localishealth.com/cpt/20550/2018/A
- Last significant update: 2026-08-04T03:08:09+00:00