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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 October 2026.

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

$269

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $269 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$245$209 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$347 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $178 to $2,570Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $575professional $245

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$602.56
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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· 16th of 51

$269

AK $603FL $174

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.