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Trigger Point Injection, One Or Two Muscles

Vermont rates for HCPCS 20552

This is an injection of numbing medicine, sometimes combined with a steroid, into one or more tight, tender knots called trigger points within one or two muscles. It's used to relieve localized muscle pain and tightness, often in the neck, shoulders, or back. The provider locates the tender spot by feel before injecting.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Trigger Point Injection, One Or Two Muscles cost?

$56.23

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $48.98 to $67.61.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $490 to $759Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $46 to $72
$50$100$200$500facility $646professional $56

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$70.79
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$128.82

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Mississippi. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Vermont· 45th of 51

$56.23

WI $126MS $50.12

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.