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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast

Removal of a foreign object from the upper arm or elbow

CPT 24200the billing code this page is about

Surgery to take out an object lodged just under the skin or in shallow tissue of the upper arm or elbow.

Hospitals typically charge $1,045 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,591 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,188. Most fall between $368 and $2,608 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,591
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,591 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$232$439$1,045$2,191$4,025

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($232 vs $4,025).

How the prices are spread

$189 – $263: 110 hospitals$189$263 – $364: 125 hospitals$364 – $505: 177 hospitals$364$505 – $700: 154 hospitals$700 – $970: 123 hospitals$700$970 – $1,345: 141 hospitals$1,345 – $1,864: 168 hospitals$1,345$1,864 – $2,585: 193 hospitals$2,585 – $3,583: 126 hospitals$2,585$3,583 – $4,967: 116 hospitals$3,583median $1,045price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,433 of 1,591 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$189$263110
$263$364125
$364$505177
$505$700154
$700$970123
$970$1,345141
$1,345$1,864168
$1,864$2,585193
$2,585$3,583126
$3,583$4,967116

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,687
Median cash price$1,045
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.62×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,045.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $239 across 12 hospitalsME$239Vermont: median $324 across 11 hospitalsVT$324New Hampshire: median $329 across 11 hospitalsNH$329Washington: median $666 across 52 hospitalsWA$666Idaho: median $984 across 17 hospitalsID$984Montana: median $330 across 16 hospitalsMT$330North Dakota: median $1,664 across 11 hospitalsND$1,664Minnesota: median $415 across 33 hospitalsMN$415Illinois: median $674 across 62 hospitalsIL$674Wisconsin: median $696 across 57 hospitalsWI$696Michigan: median $363 across 44 hospitalsMI$363New York: median $1,917 across 67 hospitalsNY$1,917Massachusetts: median $1,431 across 27 hospitalsMA$1,431Oregon: median $726 across 35 hospitalsOR$726Nevada: median $1,266 across 11 hospitalsNV$1,266Wyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $999 across 14 hospitalsSD$999Iowa: median $446 across 44 hospitalsIA$446Indiana: median $446 across 36 hospitalsIN$446Ohio: median $1,898 across 46 hospitalsOH$1,898Pennsylvania: median $1,688 across 49 hospitalsPA$1,688New Jersey: median $2,163 across 45 hospitalsNJ$2,163Connecticut: median $840 across 17 hospitalsCT$840Rhode Island: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $2,767 across 107 hospitalsCA$2,767Utah: median $437 across 26 hospitalsUT$437Colorado: median $1,328 across 36 hospitalsCO$1,328Nebraska: median $520 across 39 hospitalsNE$520Missouri: median $354 across 30 hospitalsMO$354Kentucky: median $351 across 20 hospitalsKY$351West Virginia: median $1,904 across 25 hospitalsWV$1,904Virginia: median $877 across 36 hospitalsVA$877Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $3,707 across 19 hospitalsAZ$3,707New Mexico: median $1,473 across 16 hospitalsNM$1,473Kansas: median $369 across 31 hospitalsKS$369Arkansas: median $673 across 15 hospitalsAR$673Tennessee: median $212 across 24 hospitalsTN$212North Carolina: median $1,441 across 41 hospitalsNC$1,441South Carolina: median $2,328 across 28 hospitalsSC$2,328Oklahoma: median $1,039 across 41 hospitalsOK$1,039Louisiana: median $528 across 22 hospitalsLA$528Mississippi: median $492 across 36 hospitalsMS$492Alabama: median $1,508 across 19 hospitalsAL$1,508Georgia: median $2,014 across 40 hospitalsGA$2,014Hawaii: median $2,317 across 11 hospitalsHI$2,317Texas: median $1,272 across 121 hospitalsTX$1,272Florida: median $4,058 across 62 hospitalsFL$4,058
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,045. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL62$4,058+288%$479 – $6,055
Arizona AZ19$3,707+255%$382 – $4,120
California CA107$2,767+165%$1,152 – $3,466
South Carolina SC28$2,328+123%$953 – $2,942
Hawaii HI11$2,317+122%$1,076 – $3,869
New Jersey NJ45$2,163+107%$1,880 – $5,855
Georgia GA40$2,014+93%$536 – $4,617
New York NY67$1,917+83%$430 – $3,620
West Virginia WV25$1,904+82%$150 – $2,835
Ohio OH46$1,898+82%$525 – $4,844
Pennsylvania PA49$1,688+62%$657 – $2,383
North Dakota ND11$1,664+59%$515 – $2,453
Alabama AL19$1,508+44%$536 – $2,048
New Mexico NM16$1,473+41%$582 – $1,875
North Carolina NC41$1,441+38%$565 – $1,939
Massachusetts MA27$1,431+37%$513 – $2,314
Colorado CO36$1,328+27%$455 – $4,041
Texas TX121$1,272+22%$889 – $1,822
Nevada NV11$1,266+21%$541 – $1,796
Oklahoma OK41$1,039−1%$325 – $1,903
South Dakota SD14$999−4%$423 – $3,819
Idaho ID17$984−6%$442 – $4,347
Virginia VA36$877−16%$212 – $1,155
Connecticut CT17$840−20%$722 – $2,669
Oregon OR35$726−31%$408 – $1,091
Wisconsin WI57$696−33%$561 – $1,031
Illinois IL62$674−35%$357 – $2,339
Arkansas AR15$673−36%$297 – $2,955
Washington WA52$666−36%$365 – $3,322
Louisiana LA22$528−49%$435 – $1,218
Nebraska NE39$520−50%$333 – $1,176
Mississippi MS36$492−53%$262 – $986
Indiana IN36$446−57%$251 – $1,230
Iowa IA44$446−57%$283 – $648
Utah UT26$437−58%$363 – $466
Minnesota MN33$415−60%$294 – $509
Kansas KS31$369−65%$218 – $1,694
Michigan MI44$363−65%$168 – $1,689
Missouri MO30$354−66%$297 – $1,152
Kentucky KY20$351−66%$215 – $1,315
Montana MT16$330−68%$190 – $673
New Hampshire NH11$329−68%$114 – $742
Vermont VT11$324−69%$271 – $2,541
Maine ME12$239−77%$136 – $446
Tennessee TN24$212−80%$208 – $1,037
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,045.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,136$1,456$479 – $3,254
Children’s28$1,645$525 – $2,767
Critical access425$469$262 – $1,200
Ownership
For-profit158$1,553$495 – $3,194
Government308$624$283 – $2,038
Non-profit1,123$1,064$390 – $2,776
System affiliation
Part of a system1,273$1,185$415 – $2,942
Independent318$594$274 – $2,063

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,822
Median cash price$1,045
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,148 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,152 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,272; most fall between $408 and $2,767.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,148 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$247$479$1,152$2,328$4,120

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($247 vs $4,120).

Of the 1,246 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,148 gave a usable cash price; 48 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 50 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,591 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (40%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,722 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,591
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here71
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded58
Hospitals that filed this code1,722

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other non-OR therapeutic procedures on skin and breast family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rmvl Foreign Body Upper Arm/Elbow Subcutaneous.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of a foreign object from the upper arm or elbow (CPT 24200) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-24200-removal-of-a-foreign-object-from-the-upper-arm-or-elbow