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Removal Of An Object Stuck In The Nose

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 30300

This is the removal of a foreign object lodged inside the nasal passage, done as a straightforward procedure in an office or clinic setting without needing an operating room. It's common in young children who have placed a small object in their nose. Simple instruments are used to retrieve the object through the nostril.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Object Stuck In The Nose cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $813 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 5 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$219$151 to $316
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$813$282 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $148 to $3,981Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $120 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $219

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
$144.54
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in California than in Arkansas. 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.

Tennessee· 24th of 51

$240

CA $537AR $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.