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Removal of a Deep Foreign Body in the Arm

Delaware rates for HCPCS 24201

Surgical removal of a foreign object such as a splinter of glass, metal or wood that is lodged deep in the tissues of the upper arm or around the elbow, beneath the covering layer of the muscle. Imaging is often used beforehand to pinpoint it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of a Deep Foreign Body in the Arm cost?

$4,587

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,587 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$380 to $589
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,318 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $100 to $7,244Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $339 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,074professional $513

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
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$812.83

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 10.1 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· 13th of 50

$4,587

$513 physician + $4,074 facility

IN $9,822MD $970

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.