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Removal Of A Deep Object In The Forearm Or Wrist

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 25248

This is a surgical exploration to locate and remove a foreign object lodged deep in the forearm or wrist, beneath the muscle layer rather than just under the skin. It requires cutting through tissue to reach and retrieve the object, unlike a simple surface removal. The wound is then cleaned and closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Deep Object In The Forearm Or Wrist cost?

$6,613

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,613 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $447 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$447$407 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$4,571 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $10,715Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $447

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
$3,090.30
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 12.5 times more in West Virginia 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Jersey· 3rd of 50

$6,613

$447 physician + $6,166 facility

WV $10,701DE $853

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.