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Removal of Foreign Object From Muscle or Tendon

Missouri 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?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 7 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$166 to $282
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,023 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $224 to $5,248Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $145 to $776
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $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
$181.97
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 22nd of 51

$240

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.