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Removal Of An Object Under The Skin Of The Arm Or Elbow

Delaware rates for HCPCS 24200

This is the surgical removal of a foreign object located just beneath the skin of the upper arm or elbow area, without needing to go deeper into the muscle layer. A small incision is made over the object to retrieve it, and the area is then cleaned and closed. It's a more limited procedure than removing an object lodged deeper in the tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Object Under The Skin Of The Arm Or Elbow cost?

$5,207

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,207 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $195 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$195$141 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$191 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $148 to $7,244Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $132 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $5,012professional $195

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
$7,244.36
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 23.3 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Delaware· 4th of 50

$5,207

$195 physician + $5,012 facility

IN $7,953MD $341

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.