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Removal of Foreign Object From Muscle or Tendon

Kansas rates for HCPCS 20520

This procedure removes a foreign object, such as a splinter, glass fragment, or piece of metal, that has become lodged in a muscle or the tissue sheath surrounding a tendon. It's the more straightforward version of this kind of removal, used when the object is relatively easy to locate and access. A small incision is typically made to reach and extract the object.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Foreign Object From Muscle or Tendon cost?

$234

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $234 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $2,138 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$186 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,138$457 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $200 to $7,413Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $148 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $214

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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.

Kansas· 26th of 51

$234

MN $417DE $191

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.