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Removal of Foreign Object From Muscle or Tendon

Mississippi 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?

$257

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $501 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$240$178 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$501$302 to $933

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,862Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $135 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $501professional $240

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
$131.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$457.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$524.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$407.38
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
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$323.59

Where Mississippi 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.

Mississippi· 20th of 51

$257

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.